Baby Steps

A beautifully drawn black and white picture book that came from a father watching his daughter Suki's first, her likes, dislikes, daily schedule to her finally walking and becoming a " big girl". I was originally drawn to this book by the illustration on the cover while cruising the children's picture books in our local library. I am always on the lookout for any asian baby photos or books because of our adopted daughter and my need to have her see books that look like her as well as books that show other babies. The pencil drawn drawings are absolutely beautiful and his choice of not to use background color to does not take away from the simple beauty of black and white. He has nothing in the background, just the drawing of his daughter which again is well done and one does not miss ... or at least I don't miss the background. Most pages are 3 to 5 sentences long each describing the drawing, but not over describing it. Peter McCarty really is an awesome portait artist and really captures his daughter as she grows more and more each month. I'd love to see more books illustrated by him!

I was drawn to this book by the picture on the cover. It was absolutely beautiful! When I picked it up and read it, I felt as if the author, Peter McCarty had written it about my daughter's first year. It is every baby's story (more or less), and every baby (and parent) will love looking at the beautiful sketches.