My Baby

By Jeanette Winter

Nakunte's mother teaches her how to make bogolan, a cloth painted with mud using traditional techniques practiced for centuries by the women of Mali. After selecting her materials and looking to the natural world for her inspiration, Nakunte is ready to make an important bogolan for herself, and for her baby. Full-color illustrations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374351031
• ISBN13: 9780374351038
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.3" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 3 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

Enduring favorite of my kids

My son picked this out from the library when he was 3 and he LOVED it (much to my surprise - I thought it would have too many words for him at the time). He liked it so much that we bought a copy. It is still one of his favorites (he's now 5 1/2). His little sister (just over 2) now loves it as well. I think part of the appeal is the lyrical prose and the bold exotic scenery - and, of course, the little baby growing in a mama's tummy.

This is a lovely book!

What I especially enjoy about this book is the way Nakunte's ideas for her bogolan cloth are expressed in the illustrations. She sees the fishbones in the dry stream, and we see her design emerge on her cloth. She sees the bird tracks, and we see the new design appear on the cloth. The way her creatvity and love for her baby are in direct contact with her surroundings is warm and wonderful. My four-year-old daughter and I love to read it together.