This gray-haired, bespectacled, very chic grandmother \u201ckvells\u201d over every wonderful thing about the child (a glossary defines kvelling as \u201cbursting with pride\u201d). They play peek-a-boo, and Grandma hugs, kisses, and cuddles the little one. Baby\u2019s every expression is met with excitement and joy, and Grandma decides that even the infant\u2019s smiles are evidence of genius. There\u2019s nothing subtle here and no shading in the art\u2014brightly colored, vibrant double-page spreads present all the activities in sharp relief and large-scaled views. Facial expressions match the action, and even the dog gets in on the fun. Gran\u2019s comments appear in speech bubbles or across the pages in dramatically large, bold fonts. Exclamation marks abound, and the text is peppered with Yiddish words that will easily be understood in context. Baby is Grandma\u2019s \u201cbubbeleh,\u201d and she admires the child\u2019s \u201cpunim\u201d and kisses the little one\u2019s \u201ckeppie\u201d and, of course, those chubby baby thighs, the \u201cpulkies.\u201d The love between these two is palpable. Jewish readers will especially appreciate this tale, but the glossary and labeled diagram of the baby\u2019s body parts ensure that all youngsters and their grown-ups will enjoy cuddling together to read it. The characters are light-skinned.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This gray-haired, bespectacled, very chic grandmother \u201ckvells\u201d over every wonderful thing about the child (a glossary defines kvelling as \u201cbursting with pride\u201d). They play peek-a-boo, and Grandma hugs, kisses, and cuddles the little one. Baby\u2019s every expression is met with excitement and joy, and Grandma decides that even the infant\u2019s smiles are evidence of genius. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}