Hush Little Baby

By Aliki

Book Overview

A little boy wavers between delight and disappointment over the many gifts he is promised.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134481755
• ISBN13: 9780134481753
• Release Date: December 1972
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (Higher Education Division, Pearson Education)
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Age Range: 4 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

Nice but not my favorite

We borrowed 3 books about this song from the library to compare. It does have nice pictures, but I decided that the child looked a little spoiled in the pictures (of course, the song implies being spoiled too! ;) ). This version is about "Papa" buying all the items, but it only shows Papa on the first few pages, and then it's just the child with the defective gifts & a new one appearing on the scene each time. It is a nice book -- I'm just being critical, because I was trying to choose between 3 options. :)

A Nice Little Book -- a Review of Aliki's "Hush Little Baby"

I borrowed this from the Library and it is a nice little book that my children have really enjoyed --boy and girl; 3 and 5. [Note: The subtitle of this book should be 'A Folk Lullaby', not a 'Folk Library'. In addition, the book we have borrowed is hardback, a 1986 edition by Simon and Schuster. This book was printed by Prentice Hall.] The illustrations that accompany the classic text are colonial and folksy in feel, having a slightly aged patina. And it is the 'colonial' aspects of the pictures that my children found the most interesting. There is an old highchair depicted, as well as old style toys and carts (a toy bull with wheels for example). Four stars. A nice little book that has features of interest.

A Nice Little Book -- a Review of Aliki's "Hush Little Baby"

I borrowed this from the Library and it is a nice little book that my children have really enjoyed --boy and girl; 3 and 5. [Note: the book we have borrowed is hardback, a 1986 edition by Simon and Schuster. This paperback was printed by Aladdin.] The illustrations that accompany the classic text are colonial and folksy in feel, having a slightly aged patina. And it is the 'colonial' aspects of the pictures that my children found the most interesting. There is an old highchair depicted, as well as old style toys and carts (a toy bull with wheels for example). Four stars. A nice little book that has features of interest.