The Little Big Book for Moms
Edited by Lena Tabori and Alice Wong
352 pages, 6 1/2" x 6 1/2"
250 color illustrations
Hardcover, $24.95 ($29.95 CAN)
ISBN 978-1-59962-075-6
On Sale: March
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A magic wand for new mothers everywhere, THE LITTLE BIG BOOK FOR MOMS Tenth Anniversary Edition instantly provides in one silver gilt-edged book a treasury of Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes, Songs, Games, and Activities for Mom to enjoy with her children (and Poems, Quotations, and Essays to read on her own!).

More than 440,000 families have treasured The Little Big Book for Moms since it was published in the spring of 2000 to an avalanche of praise! This beloved classic's tenth-anniversary edition features a fresh cover design, new vintage art, and revised introductions. Still the perfect book for every new mom, it is illustrated throughout with early twentieth-century art from artists like Jessie Willcox Smith, Maxfield Parrish, and Ida Waugh. Destined to sit on every little one's bookshelf, this timeless treasure is filled with things for moms to read and sing, make and do with their small ones. This companion for EVERY new mother includes:

*14 fairy tales including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack and the Beanstalk
*17 nursery rhymes such as Hey! Diddle Diddle and One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
*14 songs including "Old MacDonald" and "Skip to My Lou"
*10 finger games such as The Wheels on the Bus and Five Little Monkeys
*14 activities such as Hand Shadows, Bubbles, and Potato Stamps
*14 of the best recipes for little kids including Rice Pudding and Applesauce Pancakes


AND, when they have finally fallen asleep, there are 24 excerpts and poems about childhood and motherhood from Maya Angelou, Lewis Carroll, Susan Cheever, A. A. Milne, Ogden Nash, Shel Silverstein, E. B. White, and others.