The Little Big Book for Moms
- Book Review,
by Lena Tabori (Editor)
Book Description
The Little Big Book for Moms is packed with all the fun, magic, and wonder of early childhood in a beautifully designed, chunky little package. Illustrated throughout with early 20th-century work by artists like Jessie Wilcox Smith and Ida Waugh, this is a delicious treasure for the expectant mother to savor in anticipation, and for the new mother to share with her little ones. Mother Goose, the brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, e.e. cummings, E.B. White, J.M. Barrie, Maya Angelou, Shel Silverstein, Ogden Nash and Lewis Carroll are like old friends bearing gifts of song, verse, and tales for the new child. Humpty Dumpty, Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan, and Goldilocks are but a few of the other well-loved characters who visit these pages. And there's more! Mother and child will delight in activities like finger games and hand shadows. There are recipes for making play dough, soap bubbles, chicken soup, and applesauce. And, when the little ones are finally asleep and mom needs reminding of how adorable they really are, there are excerpts celebrating children and motherhood by such authors as Susan Cheever and Anne Lamott
Card catalog description
A collection of traditional tales, nursery rhymes, songs, literary excerpts, poems, finger games, recipes and more.
About the Author
Lena Tabori has conceived and edited A Day in the Life of Hollywood (Turner), The Norman Rockwell Christmas Book (Abrams), Love: A Celebration of Art & Literature (with Jane Lahr for Stewart,Tabori & Chang), The Little Big Book of Love, and The Little Big Book of Christmas (both William Morrow). She has two grown daughters, Natasha and Katrina. Alice Wong has edited various titles including Victoria: The Intimate Home (Hearst Books) and The Best of Mexico (Collins). She has two little daughters, Eve and Sylvia.
Excerpted from The Mom's Book by Lena Tabori, Alice Wong. Copyright © 2000. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
P. 105 Play Dough Farm Play dough is a childhood must, so have plenty of it on hand. Young children will appreciate the edible peanutty version while older kids will enjoy play dough for keeps to dry and paint. The small animals are fun suggestions to start with, but the wonder of play dough is that the possibilities are endless. PLAY DOUGH TO EAT 2 cups powdered milk, 2 cups smooth peanut butter, 1 cup honey, bowl, spoon 1. Combine ingredients in bowl and stir until well blended. 2. Shape, admire, and eat! PLAY DOUGH FOR KEEPS 2 cups four, 1 cup salt, 3/4 cup water, 2 tablespoons cooking oil, Optional: food coloring, poster paints. 1. Mix flour and salt in large bowl. 2. Add oil (and food coloring) to water. Pour water slowly into flour mixture, kneading until it becomes soft and doughy. 3. Shape. Projects can be air-dried or dried in a 250 F oven for 1 1/2 to 2 hours and then painted. PLAY DOUGH ANIMALS Start with golf-ball sized play dough balls and add pieces suggested below to complete your animals.
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