A Ride on Mother's Back - A Day of Baby Carrying around the World

Through a steamy rain forest in Brazil, along a river in Papua New Guinea, across a frozen inlet in the arctic, this book takes young children on a far-reaching journey to discover how babies worldwide are carried and what they see from their unique vantage points. ?This is an exquisite book, for the detailed, folk-art style gouache illustrations, its overall design, and the wealth of information it includes.?--Kirkus Reviews

About the author

Emery Bernhard has created numerous fiction and nonfiction books for children, including The Way of the Willow Branch.
 

Summary

Through a steamy rain forest in Brazil, along a river in Papua New Guinea, across a frozen inlet in the arctic, this book takes young children on a far-reaching journey to discover how babies worldwide are carried and what they see from their unique vantage points. “This is an exquisite book, for the detailed, folk-art style gouache illustrations, its overall design, and the wealth of information it includes.”--Kirkus Reviews

Product details

• Authors: Emery Bernhard, Bernhard Emery Bernhard
• Assisted by: Durga Bernhard (Illustration), Bernhard Durga Bernhard (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1996
• EAN: 9780152008703
• ISBN: 978-0-15-200870-3
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 279 mm x 229 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 417 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE NONFICTION: People & Places / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Science & Nature / History of Science, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Family / New Baby, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Science / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Places / Australia & Oceania