Please, Baby, Please ~ Spike Lee & Tonya Lewis Lee

Please, Baby, Please

Written by Spike Lee & Tonia Lewis Lee
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

The baby girl in this book is just too cute! The book is about her and her day, which begins at 3:01 am with her mother saying, “Go back to bed baby, please, baby, please.” You follow the little girl throughout her day as her parents correct her actions (not sharing a ball, writing on the wall, eating sand, teasing, splashing water in the tub, etc.) and follow with “please, baby, please.” I used this book to help reinforce correct behavior. With each page we talked about what the little girl should have done. Read more >>

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Originally posted on May 28, 2009.

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