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Please, Baby, Please

by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee and Kadir Nelson

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Publisher Comments:

Go back to bed,
baby, please, baby, please.
Not on your HEAD,
baby baby baby, please!...

From moments fussy to fond, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, producer Tonya Lewis Lee, present a behind-the-scenes look at the chills, spills, and unequivocal thrills of bringing up baby! Vivid illustrations from celebrated artist Kadir Nelson evoke toddler-hood from sandbox to high chair to crib, and families everywhere will delight in sharing these exuberant moments again and again.

About the Author

Spike Lee is one of the most prominent and influential media figures today. His films include the critically acclaimed School Daze; Academy Award nominee Do the Right Thing; Malcolm X; Clockers; and 25th Hour. Born in Atlanta, Spike attended Morehouse College and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned his master of fine arts degree in film production. Spike and his wife are the authors of Please, Baby, Please, their first picture book with SimonandSchuster. They live in New York City with their two children.Tonya Lewis Lee is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Virginia School of Law. As a children's television producer she has worked with Disney, Nickelodeon, and Noggin/The N, where she was the executive producer of the award-winning documentary I Sit Where I Want: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education and the critically acclaimed miniseries Miracle's Boys. She is also the author of Gotham Diaries, her first novel.Kadir Nelson is the widely acclaimed illustrator of many books for children, including Thunder Rose, written by Jerdine Nolen, which received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award; Ellington Was Not a Street, written by Ntozake Shange, which received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; and Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life, written by Jerdine Nolen, which won the 2005 Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. He is also the illustrator of Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan's Salt in His Shoes and Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee's Please, Baby, Please and Please, Puppy, Please. Mr. Nelson lives with his family in San Diego, California.

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d_somsak, June 19, 2007 (view all comments by d_somsak)
This is my daughter's favorite book. She is 18 months old and sees a little of herself in every page. I am a pediatrician and this captures her behavior perfectly.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780689832338
Author:
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee and Kadir Nelson
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Illustrator:
Nelson, Kadir
ill.:
Nelson, Kadir
Author:
Lee, Tonya Lewis
Author:
Nelson, Kadir
Author:
Lewis-Lee, Tonya
Author:
Lee, Spike
Author:
Lewis Lee, Tonya
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Family - General
Subject:
Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Ethnic - African American
Subject:
Afro-americans
Subject:
Mother and child
Subject:
Toddlers
Subject:
Family - Daily Life
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Health & Daily Living - Daily Activities
Copyright:
Edition Description:
B221
Series Volume:
no. H-160
Publication Date:
November 2002
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Baby - Kindergarten
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
32
Dimensions:
10.26x10.32x.39 in. 1.02 lbs.
Children's Book Type:
Picture / Wordless
Age Level:
2-5

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