This Baby. That Baby. - by Cari Best (Hardcover)

About the Book

In this bouncy, playful picture book for very young listeners, follow two baby friends who live in facing buildings through their day--playing, singing, and napping--till they meet in the park.

Book Synopsis

In this bouncy, playful picture book for very young listeners, follow two baby friends who live in facing buildings through their day--playing, singing, and napping--till they meet in the park!

Somewhere in the big, big city
two happy babies look out their morning windows
at the very same time.

Just what will these two babies do today? Well, this baby meows like his cat, and that baby barks like her dog. This mellow baby listens to a story, and that rambunctious baby sings a song.

Soon enough, both babies get hungry...and a bit cranky. How will this Mama and that Papa help them feel better? Perhaps a play date in the park will help!

Critically acclaimed and award-winning creators--author Cari Best and illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh--team up for this delightful read-aloud that will have listeners clapping and giggling right alongside this baby and that baby.

Review Quotes

★ "The parallel lives of these two families reverberate with a sense of community and camaraderie desperately needed in today's divided world. Utterly irresistible." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ "[A] buoyant slice-of-life tale." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

"[A] cheerful compare-and-contrast story." --The Horn Book

"Kheiriyeh's simple, whimsical illustrations create a nursery atmosphere....The lovely and balanced rhyme scheme makes for an engaging read-aloud." --BookPage

About the Author

Cari Best has written many award-winning picture books, including Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; and My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay, described by the New York Times as "refreshing" and "exciting." She has received the Ezra Jack Keats New Writers Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award for Outstanding Picture Book text, the Amelia Bloomer Award, and the ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award. Cari lives in Connecticut.

Rashin Kheiriyeh is the author and/or illustrator of over eighty children's books around the world. Her recent book, The Shape of Home, received three starred reviews and was praised by the New York Times as "a joyful, wildly imaginative book." She received a PhD in illustration and an MFA in graphic design from Alzahra University in Tehran, and was named a Maurice Sendak Fellow in 2017. Born in Khorramshahr, Iran, Rashin now lives in Washington, DC.