Baby Days A Quilt of Rhymes and Pictures

Lovingly embroidered pictures and traditional songs and rhymes make this a perfect gift book for welcoming newborn babies into the world. Star light, star bright, First star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, Have the wish I wish tonight. What could be more wished for than a new baby? With homespun warmth, Belinda Downes stitches together the moments and mealtimes, playthings and people that make up a baby's world. From the personalized bookplate at the beginning to the convenient envelope for "Baby's Special Things" at the end, BABY DAYS is a charming patchwork of universal verses and games, familiar faces, objects, and places that babies and parents will want to visit again and again.

BELINDA DOWNES, a former artist-in-residence at Hampton Court Palace in England, is an accomplished needlesmith whose work is exhibited all over the world. BABY DAYS, featuring her intricate painted-embroidery style, is her first book with Candlewick Press. Belinda Downes lives in Bristol, England.