#BlackHistoryMonth: Read Spike & Tonya Lewis Lee’s “please, baby, please”
It is still Black History Month and we are celebrating being black and therefore, all things black. So, we present to you a book you should do well to enjoy this month. It is Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee’s “please, baby, please”.
This book addresses issues that ANYBODY with kids or with experience in child-caring is familiar with and it tells it in the funniest way. Feeding time, nap time, bath time, play time etc. nothing is left unaccounted for in this colourful book. Hopefully, reading it will make light and humorous the stressful journey of raising your child.
About The Book (From the Publisher):
Go back to bed, baby, please, baby, please.
Not on your HEAD, baby baby baby, please!
From moments fussy to fond, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, producer Tonya Lewis Lee, present a behind-the-scenes look at the chills, spills, and unequivocal thrills of bringing up baby!
Vivid illustrations from celebrated artist Kadir Nelson evoke toddler-hood from sandbox to high chair to crib, and families everywhere will delight in sharing these exuberant moments again and again.
About The Authors (From the Publisher):
Spike Lee is one of the most prominent and influential media figures today. His films include the critically acclaimed School Daze; Academy Award nominee Do the Right Thing; Malcolm X; Clockers; and 25th Hour. Born in Atlanta, Spike attended Morehouse College and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned his master of fine arts degree in film production. Spike and his wife are the authors of Please, Baby, Please, their first picture book with Simon & Schuster. They live in New York City with their two children.
Tonya Lewis Lee is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the University Of Virginia School Of Law. As a children’s television producer she has worked with Disney, Nickelodeon, and Noggin/The N, where she was the executive producer of the award-winning documentary I Sit Where I Want: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education and the critically acclaimed miniseries Miracle’s Boys. She is also the author of Gotham Diaries, her first novel.
