No More Pacifiers!
PreS—A board book aimed at many mothers' seemingly insoluble plight-how to part the baby from the pacifier. The book starts out with eight babies, all of whom have pacifiers plugged in their mouths. But one by one they take out their "pacies" to do all sorts of fun things they couldn't do otherwise, especially since they seem to be at a birthday party. As each one is removed, it magically disappears, thanks to cleverly placed cutouts on the page, and the child is able to smile, laugh, sing, and even blow out candles on the birthday cake. Finally, on the last page, all are laughing, smiling and, most of all, pacie-free. The illustrations portray round-faced tykes, each sporting a heart-shaped mouth when they are with pacifier and, as they lose them, begin to take on some personality: standing, holding toys, singing, etc. Beyond the basic premise, however, there's nowhere to go.—Jane Marino, Bronxville Public Library, NYCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.