Love Is All Around

<b>This first book in the Brown Baby Parade series celebrates&#160;Black and brown babies&#160;and delivers a universal message of love letting <i>all</i> babies know that they are cherished from head to toe.</b><br><br><i>Love is in the bathroom when Daddy combs my hair.</i><br><i>He picks out my Afro and clips in bows with care.</i><br>&#160;<br><i>Love is in the kitchen. We all sit down to eat&#151;</i><br><i>waffles milk and sausage and yummy syrup sweet.</i><br>&#160;<br>A little girl observes the ways that love is shown and shared throughout her day. From Sister&#146;s kisses when she wakes to eating breakfast with her family and playing with friends at school love is all around.<br><br>Nikki Shannon Smith's&#160;soothing rhythmic text and Ronique Ellis's warm welcoming illustrations pair beautifully to create heartwarming scenes of everyday life. It&#146;s never too early to show little ones that they are valued and cherished and this book does just that.