As for all parents, there are good days where everyone is happy and bad days where everyone yells, even the Tall Man. After one particularly difficult day the Tall Man scoops up all the Charlene's and goes outside, only to have the door slam shut! Fortunately there is a cat-flap in the door. However, as the tall man cannot get the Alisters attention to get the keys inside, he tries to fit though the door-flap (after all he is tall and lanky). But not lanky enough as he gets stuck in the middle. This is a delightful thing for the children where the Charlenes slide on his legs and the Alisters played with his curly hair. It is up to the tall man to co-ordinate his children to help him out of this tight situation.
This book is a family affair written by Tom and his mother Kilmeny and illustrated by Kilmeny's twin sister Deborah. Deborah has done bold ink and water colour illustrations. We all laughed at the illustration of all the babies almost pulling the Tall Man in two. And we all loved the Tall Man's curly psychedelic hair which contrasts to the bold colours used in the rest of the pictures.
This was a hit on our house, had us all giggling at the Charlenes and Alisters who are full of baby cuteness.
This book has been short listed for the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Early Childhood category and I think that this book has a great chance of winning along with Look See, Look at Me! It is hard comparing books when it comes to awards as this book appeals to an older reading age than Look See, Look at Me! I am glad I am not on the judging panel!
Highly recommend this book for ages 4-9. 8/10
Actually, perhaps you are right about there really only being 2 babies. That makes a lot of sense to me. I only ever had 1 baby at a time but I remember that 1 baby feeling like many!
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