Mustache Baby (Board Book) (Bridget Heos)

About the Book

When Baby Billy is born with a mustache, his parents have to figure out if it's a good-guy mustache or a bad-guy mustache in this hilarious board book about the heroic and villainous side of one hairy baby.

Book Synopsis

When Baby Billy is born with a mustache, his family takes it in stride. They are reassured when he nobly saves the day in imaginary-play sessions as a cowboy or cop and his mustache looks good-guy great. But as time passes, their worst fears are confirmed when little Billy's mustache starts to curl up at the ends in a suspiciously villainous fashion. Sure enough, "Billy's disreputable mustache led him into a life of dreadful crime." Plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor and cartoonish illustrations make this sturdy board book the perfect baby gift for a dad with a mustache--or a sense of humor!

Review Quotes

Occasional badness has never been so good.
--Kirkus

The book's oddball sense of humor is unflagging.
--Publishers Weekly

A mustached baby will surely make audiences howl during read-alouds.
--Booklist Online

You never know what you'll get in the delivery room, and something isn't quite right with this new baby. . . . Heos's offbeat tale muses on the possibilities, playing off parental hope and panicky nightmares.
--New York Times Book Review

[This] book bristles with appealing humor.
--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Quirky, silly fun.
--School Library Journal

About The Author

Bridget Heos is the author of thirteen young adult nonfiction books, including Mustache Baby Meets His Match. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband and sons. Visit her website at www.authorbridgetheos.com.

Joy Ang is the illustrator of I Will Not Read This Book and Mustache Baby Meets His Match and has worked in the comic and gaming industries. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Visit her website at www.joyang.ca.