Ever wonder where your baby goes at night when you think he’s asleep in his crib? Like most babies, he grows bigger . . . taller . . . HUGER! A Giant Baby! Bulldozers and garbage trucks become his toys. Shipping containers and skyscrapers become blocks, the moon becomes a nightlight, and the whole world becomes a playground.
Until, that is, Ezra’s parents want to check on him in bed. And then it’s stomp stomp stomp back home. Can he make it back inside his crib in time?
From Liz Rosenberg (Monster Mama) and Eva Byrne (Along Came Coco), this fun and funny bedtime adventure follows baby Ezra, who waits until his parents are asleep to grow bigger, taller, HUGER . . . and to make the city itself his plaything.
Publishing date: April 1st 2025
ISBN: 9781958325247 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-958325-55-1 (ebook)
Hardcover: $18.99 US
Length: 32 pages
Size: 10.5 x 9 inches
Ages: 4-8
Grade: K-3
Liz Rosenberg is the author of five adult novels, four books of poetry, and more than 30 books for young readers, from picture books to poetry anthologies and YA biographies. For 25 years, she was Book Review Columnist at the Boston Globe, and her work has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Harper’s, Paris Review and elsewhere.
Eva Byrne is the author-illustrator of Along Came Coco and Supernana, the former a Bank Street Book of the Year selection. She also illustrated the New York Times best-selling Princesses Wear Pants, co-written by Today show host Savannah Guthrie, and Piglette, written by Katelyn Aronson. Eva resides on Ireland’s west coast.
Goofy, silly bedtime story
”Giant baby, you say? Sign us all up! All baby picture books are, to a certain extent metaphors. What I like so much about this one is just how blatant it is with its storytelling. In this story, Ezra seems all cute and small when you put him to sleep, but in the middle of the night he grows bigger and bigger. Then he goes out and has some fun on the town. The only trouble is, he absolutely has to get back to his bedroom before his parents come in to check on him. Goofy, silly, and did I mention that it involves a giant baby?” —A Fuse 8 Production-Betsy Bird (School Library Journal Blog)
Fun imagery—Babies grow so fast!
”After Ezra’s parents tuck him in, his mother notes wistfully, “Our baby is getting so big.” While his parents sleep, Ezra climbs out of his crib and grows immense. He strolls outside, following the moon, which resembles a “big cup of milk.” . . . Readers may chuckle at the specter of a Godzilla-size infant lording it over the neighborhood, . . . The witty illustrations, created with watercolor and digital methods, feature a wide-eyed, pajama-wearing, pale-skinned Ezra and parents and diverse background characters. —Kirkus Reviews