Sheldrake Press
The Kate Greenaway First Year Baby Book

Book Info


The Kate Greenaway First Year Baby Book
RRP: £4.99 (incl. VAT)
ISBN: 978 1 873329 30 6
Format: 160  x 120 mm
Pictures: 40 colour
Binding: Hardback
Extent: 32 pages
Rights: All available except UK, US and Finland
Edition: 1st
 
A baby’s first year is full of landmarks: the first smile, first bath, first photograph, first toy, first full night’s sleep, first crawl, first wave, first steps, first tooth, first word – a record list of firsts.

The Kate Greenaway First Year Baby Book has been designed so that parents can record these little achievements as they happen, from the day of the birth through to the first birthday. It contains checklists which help parents monitor their child’s progress, with spaces to record immunizations as well as physical and behavioural developments such as the first unsupported sit or the child’s first response to its own name.

Illustrated with Kate Greenaway’s paintings of early childhood, the book is a visual delight, a joy for grandparents or godparents to give and a pleasure for parents to keep.

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Review

‘This book has a classic look which we really liked. It is thoughtfully laid out, too, with room for everything from the photo of the first scan to a first lock of hair.’ – Emma’s Diary

Contents

Illustration by Kate GreenawayFirst Signs of Life
First Day
First Photograph
First Health Checks
First Vaccinations
First Day Home
First Rites
First Toilette
First Three Months
First Hand Print
First Foot Print
First Meals
First Expressions
First Six Months
First Teeth
First Steps in Physical Development
First Nine Months
First Entertainments
First Possessions
First Birthday

Author

Kate Greenaway was born in London in 1846. By the time of her death in 1901, she was a successful and world-renowned book illustrator, admired by contemporaries such as John Ruskin. Her illustrations depict scenes from the mid-19th century and convey her nostalgic love of childhood, home life and rural tranquillity. Her work remains popular today and is commemorated by the Kate Greenaway Medal, awarded annually to a children’s illustrator for distinguished work.

About the Series

The Kate Greenaway First Year Baby BookThe Kate Greenaway Collection is a range of charming stationery books, decorated with cameos of the finest of Kate Greenaway’s work. Beautiful and practical, produced on high-quality art paper with ample space for writing, the books contain rare Kate Greenaway illustrations discovered by a private collector. The books are perfect gifts for anyone who appreciates Kate Greenaway’s vision of innocent enjoyment and beauty.
 

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