Customer Reviews:
 Excellent addition to collection July 19, 2008
We love this Patricelli book almost as much as the others. As usual, my toddler loved it initially because the baby in the book has nipples, a welcome detail that other books (infuriatingly) leave out.
My two-year-old is fascinated by emotions, and loves the pendulum sway of baby happy, baby sad...baby happy, baby sad. Of course you have to fill in the details and describe what's happening with your own words--that's the point of reading to children, isn't it?
I love this book, in particular, because it makes my child squeal with glee because he empathizes with the baby--like the baby in the book, mud makes him happy and shampoo makes him sad. Playing with the cat makes him happy; a fleeing cat (whose tail has been pulled) makes him sad, too. This baby, my child thinks, knows a thing or two about real baby emotions.
My only problem with the book is that it portrays nighttime as a scary abandonment--dark room, baby crying and reaching for daddy who is leaving baby alone in the crib = baby sad; morning with dad re-entering room makes baby happy. We read it with a different emphasis--when baby is sad in bed, daddy comes to help. When baby is happy in the morning, daddy comes to join him!
Even with this need for an editorial change that quiets, rather than heightens, nighttime anxiety, we all love this book. I rank it third to No no yes yes and quiet loud.
Another great book by Leslie Patricelli July 19, 2008
My two-year-old loves this book along with all the other books by this author. She chooses it for her bedtime book almost every night. At first I needed to explain why the baby was happy or sad, but now my daughter does that part.
another great patricelli book ... April 3, 2008
we love these books and have a full collection, including this newer one. my 3 year old son has always enjoyed the patricelli books, and loes to look through this new one and "read" it because the words are always the same and he can use any words he wants to describe the activity pictured that shows the happy or sad baby. very engaging.
 cute, but not up to the par of similar books by same author March 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i'm a big fan of leslie particelli's other books (Quiet Loud, Yummy Yucky, Binkie), and was excited to order this one. however, my overall first impression was not a good one. the illustrations are great, as usual, but the only text in the book is "baby happy baby sad", and it left me wanting more, and i find myself adding words, descriptions etc when i read this to my daughter. perhaps this book is best for older children.
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