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First laugh welcome, baby!

A Navaho family welcomes a new baby into the family with love and ceremony, eagerly waiting for that first special laugh. Includes brief description of birth customs in different cultures.

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Main Authors: Tahe, Rose (Author), Flood, Bo (Author)
Other Authors: Nelson, Jonathan (Illustrator) (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2018]
Subjects:
Birth customs > Juvenile fiction.
Infants > Juvenile fiction.
Navajo Indians > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Childbirth > Juvenile fiction.
Babies > Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America > Southwest, New > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Juvenile fiction.
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Baby! We wait. Watching, tickling, smiling. When will we hear your very first laugh?      Baby, you nap in your crib. Grandmother, your  nima-sani , tucks you under a Pendleton blanket in your skyscraper home in the big, busy city. All week long, Papa, your  nhizh'e' , works welding buildings of steel, while Mama is teaching children at school. Excerpted from First Laugh: Welcome, Baby! by Rose Ann Tahe, Nancy Bo Flood, Jonathan Nelson All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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