Discover new selections
Buy used:
$6.00
Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime
FREE delivery Thursday, May 1 on orders shipped by Amazon over $35
Or fastest delivery Wednesday, April 30. Order within 5 hrs 18 mins
Used: Good | Details
Sold by 00 The Library 00
Fulfilled by Amazon
Condition: Used: Good

Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and Amazon Prime.

If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. Learn more about the program.

Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Vera B. Williams
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

More More More, Said the Baby Hardcover – Picture Book, October 17, 1990

by Vera B Williams (Author, Illustrator)
4.6 out of 5 stars 712 ratings

Share this Caldecott Honor-winning book with the little ones in your life. Vera B. Williams's tribute to babies and the people who love them is a happy celebration—you won't be able to stop smiling while reading the catchy refrains.

Here are Little Guy, Little Pumpkin, and Little Bird. Their grownups love them. So will you!

For lap time, classroom reading, or anytime, and for parents, teachers, grandparents, and anyone who enjoys chanting along "more more more" with babies. A good gift for a preschool library at home or school, and for baby showers. Shelve this alongside Moo Baa La La La, Giraffes Can't Dance, and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

Previous slide of product details
  1. Reading age
    1 - 3 years, from customers
  2. Print length
    40 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool and up
  5. Dimensions
    10 x 0.5 x 11.25 inches
  6. Publisher
    Greenwillow Books
  7. Publication date
    October 17, 1990
  8. ISBN-10
    0688091733
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0688091736
Next slide of product details
The%20Amazon%20Book%20Review
The Amazon Book Review
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

From beneath the tickles, kisses, and unfettered affection showered on them by grownups, the children in Vera B. Williams' Caldecott Honor Book cry out for "more more more!" The stars of three little love stories--toddlers with nicknames like "Little Pumpkin"--run giggling until they are scooped up by adoring adults to be swung around, kissed, and finally tucked into bed. Quirky watercolor drawings and colorful text feature multiethnic families, and young readers will rejoice in seeing the center of all the attention: the wiggly, chubby, irresistible toddlers. (Baby to preschooler)

From School Library Journal

The spontaneity and delight of play is captured perfectly in this trio of multigenerational, multiracial "love stories" about three pairs of babies and their grown-ups. Told in a natural, colloquial tone, the simple, engaging text is finely honed with a rhythm that is musical. The style is as buoyant and infectious as the actions described: "Little Guy's daddy has to run like anything just to catch that baby up." Williams carries the same basic framework and language through each story, generating the repetition that is so satisfying to very young listeners, while the stories and characters maintain their own distinctions. Just as she celebrates universality within the text, Williams presents diversity with characteristic flair within her illustrations. Little Guy and his father are white, Little Pumpkin is African-American and her grandmother is white, and Little Bird and her mother are both Asian-American. Natural and unforced, Williams' choices are an accurate reflection of American society, but are noteworthy in their representation in books for this age group. Uncluttered, yet filled with movement, the splashy, vibrant paintings in gouache feature vigorous portraits and large, clearly defined objects set against a textured expanse of sweeping brushstrokes. The text appears in rainbow-hued letters within the illustrations, adding to the appealing design. Although it is a fine vehicle for toddler storytimes, the real strength of this book lies in the intimacy achieved when it is shared one-on-one between babies and adults or older siblings. A joyous expression of verbal and physical affection, these are truly love stories for our times. More, more, more . . . --Starr LaTronica, North Berkeley Lib . , CA
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Greenwillow Books; First Edition (October 17, 1990)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0688091733
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0688091736
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 - 3 years, from customers
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 0.5 x 11.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 712 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Vera B. Williams

Vera B. Williams

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Vera B. Williams lives in New York City.

In Her Own Words..."Throughout my childhood I was encouraged to make pictures, tell stories, act, and dance--all of this at a heaven in our New York City neighborhood called the Bronx House.

"Saturdays I painted with a crusading art director, Florence Cane. In her book The Growth of the Child Through Art, I appear under the name Linda. I was sixteen when the book appeared and embarrassed by it. But at age nine I had been totally proud when a painting of mine was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and I was later shown in the Movietone News explaining to Eleanor Roosevelt its Yiddish title, "Yentas."

"In 1945 I went to Black Mountain College in North Carolina, a unique educational community. I graduated in 1949 in graphic art, which I studied with Josef Albers. Along the way I planted corn, made butter, worked on the printing press, and helped to build the house in which I lived with Paul Williams, a fellow student I married there.

"I wanted that connection of art and community to continue. And it did at the Gate Hill Cooperative, a community we built with other Black Mountain people, a poet, musicians, and potters. I lived and worked there from 1953-1970 (after which I moved to Canada). My children (Sarah, Jenny, Merce) grew up there. For them, we branched out into a school, part of the Surnmerhill movement. The gingerbread houses that led to my first book for Greenwillow I first made in sticky variety at our school. I have always liked to teach and have taught art, cooking, writing, nature study, for nursery age on.

"At forty-six, no longer married, living in a houseboat on the bay at Vancouver, British Columbia, I did my first book. But before that could happen, the fates decreed a stint of cooking and running a bakery at a small school in the Ontario countryside. My love affair with Canada included also a 500-mile trip on the Yukon River. Many of those adventures I put in Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe.

"I also write and draw for adults-short stories, leaflets, and posters. As a lover of children, I try to do what I can to help save their earth from nuclear disaster. This pursuit, too, has added its excitement to my biography, including, in 1981, a month's stay in the federal penitentiary in Alderson, West Virginia (an outcome of a women's peaceful blockade of the Pentagon). Perhaps this experience will some day appear in one of my books. So far I've found children's books a wonderfully accommodating medium where any of my various activities might pop up."

Customer reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars
712 global ratings

Review this product

Share your thoughts with other customers
Write a customer review

Customers say

Customers love reading this book to babies and find it keeps them interested, with gorgeous illustrations and beautiful colors. Moreover, the book features racially diverse families, and one customer notes how it portrays love between different family members. However, the story length receives mixed feedback, with some finding it good while others say it isn't great. Additionally, the grammar receives criticism for being poor.

AI-generated from the text of customer reviews

Select to learn more

44 customers mention "Book fun for kids"42 positive2 negative

Customers find this book fun for kids, particularly enjoying it as a bedtime story for little ones. They appreciate that it keeps children interested, with one customer noting it's their 12-month-old's favorite, and another mentioning that adults can have a great time reading it.

"...Not only do kids like the book, but adults can have a great time if they get into the loving emotions and the rhythms while reading it." Read more

"...Still, I think a board book is a better medium for small children. I does seem like they could combine the two--and make a larger board book." Read more

"...is getting in the act so we are chasing after two babys and having a great time. My wish is that you enjoy this book as much as we do." Read more

"Vera B. Williams writes glorious books for children...." Read more

33 customers mention "Visual quality"27 positive6 negative

Customers praise the gorgeous illustrations and beautiful colors of the book, with one customer noting how diverse families are featured in the artwork.

"Colorful! And captures the typical play between moms, dads, grandmas and babies...." Read more

"...Babies and small children love it. The artwork is amazing, and I love that it includes pictures of children from several ethnic groups...." Read more

"...were hardly any multi-cultural stories with beautiful illustrations showing children of color...." Read more

"The pictures pop with color. Every family is unique but full of love. Reading out loud is joyful because you get to make the fun sleepy sounds...." Read more

15 customers mention "Diversity"15 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's representation of diverse families, with one customer noting it includes pictures of children from several ethnic groups, and another highlighting how it portrays love between different family members.

"...I like the examples of different families, and how they all share love for each other. I hope the family I gave this to enjoys it as well!" Read more

"Colorful! And captures the typical play between moms, dads, grandmas and babies...." Read more

"...The artwork is amazing, and I love that it includes pictures of children from several ethnic groups...." Read more

"Nothing but love and goodness...." Read more

13 customers mention "Readability"10 positive3 negative

Customers find the book highly readable, with one mentioning that it progresses from high energy to quiet, and another noting that children enjoy the repetition and never get tired of hearing it.

"...She has memorized parts of the book and asks for it frequently when it is on rotation." Read more

"...Reading out loud is joyful because you get to make the fun sleepy sounds. One of my clearest memories of reading to my babies is this book." Read more

"...It's also cute and our baby loves the "more, more, more" refrain." Read more

"...The book progresses from high energy to quiet as the last mini story is about a baby falling asleep...." Read more

16 customers mention "Grammar"6 positive10 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the book's grammar, with several noting poor writing, while one customer finds it well-written.

"...More poor grammar and then grandma "...catches that baby up." Again, baby wants more, more, more...." Read more

"...sound natural, but after a few reading aloud sessions, the dialect felt normal to me...." Read more

"...Moreover, the grammar in incomprehensible as each adult "catches that baby up" and any pattern to the language breaks down within a page or two...." Read more

"...The color of the pages and the writing blends in together. A bit difficult to make out especially if your reading it in a somewhat dim lighting...." Read more

16 customers mention "Story length"11 positive5 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the story length of the book, with some finding it good and cute, while others say it isn't that great.

"It’s a good story except I didn’t like that they named the black child “ little pumpkin”...." Read more

"...It's a very emotional book, in a good way. Be prepared, though." Read more

"...interact with the children is a little creepy in parts and the story is so long for being so incredibly drab...." Read more

"...Cute little story with repetition that keeps my little one interested." Read more

Damaged book
1 out of 5 stars
Damaged book
This book was damaged or possible used
Hide
Thank you for your feedback
Sorry, there was an error
Sorry we couldn't load the review

Top reviews from the United States

  • Book dragon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loving story with attractive pictures
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2025
    Verified Purchase
    I chose this board book as a gift for a new baby, because my child loved this book as a baby. (We used to sign "more" when we read the "More, more, more!" part, and my little one picked it up very quickly!)

    The language took me a little practice to make it sound natural, but after a few reading aloud sessions, the dialect felt normal to me. I like the examples of different families, and how they all share love for each other. I hope the family I gave this to enjoys it as well!
    Helpful
     Report
  • L. Wright
    5.0 out of 5 stars Colorful and Fun!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2015
    Verified Purchase
    Colorful!
    And captures the typical play between moms, dads, grandmas and babies.
    The kids in my kindergarten classes loved this book.

    And my grandson loved this book...
    I personalized the book for him by adding some pages: one with a photo of his grandfather (no grandfather mentioned in the book so I had to put one in my copy ;) taking his grandson on a bike ride and the toddler saying "more." I wrote words with the same rhyming rhythms as the story pages.

    And another photo of my grandson as a toddler in his highchair with a face smeared with berry juice, making the hand "sign" for more that is taught to babies nowadays...

    Not only do kids like the book, but adults can have a great time if they get into the loving emotions
    and the rhythms while reading it.
    9 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • MedusasSister
    5.0 out of 5 stars For babies up to preschool age
    Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2014
    Verified Purchase
    I buy this book for every baby that comes along. It is a great way for parents to interact with their children. Babies and small children love it. The artwork is amazing, and I love that it includes pictures of children from several ethnic groups. I do wish it was a bit larger; I first saw this book in a paperback edition that was much larger in size, showing off the artwork better. Still, I think a board book is a better medium for small children. I does seem like they could combine the two--and make a larger board book.
    3 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • C. Harman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Book that leads to play with your Baby
    Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2009
    Verified Purchase
    We first borrowed this book from the Library and found that our then 1 year old wanted us to take it our again and again. Finally we purchased this for our home collection.

    My 1st child acts out the different chapters with us. His Father has to run after him catch him up and give him kisses as he says more more more! I get to tickle his little tows and kiss his little belly. Now the younger baby at 10 months is getting in the act so we are chasing after two babys and having a great time.

    My wish is that you enjoy this book as much as we do.
    4 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Mary Lisbeth
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2024
    Verified Purchase
    My friend's 1 year old baby loved it.
    One person found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Misti F
    5.0 out of 5 stars it grows on you, baby loves it.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2021
    Verified Purchase
    It took some getting used to. "Catch that baby up" is not a term we would use so it was odd at first.

    I got this book for my then 1 yr old and she still loves it at 2yrs. When I read it I have to rock her when I read "swings the baby all around" and kiss her belly/ nibble toes when the story says they did. She has memorized parts of the book and asks for it frequently when it is on rotation.
    3 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • scducharme
    4.0 out of 5 stars I don't care for it but my daughter loves it!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2001
    Verified Purchase
    I'm torn between what I think of the book and what my daughter thinks. She's 17 months old and wants to read this book daily. I, like other reviewers, found the text a bit awkward at first. Now that I've read it aloud about a million times and added my own twists and actions to accompany the story (kisses on the tummy, toes, eyes) I'm getting lulled into liking the book too. I LOVE that the white grandmother has a black grandbaby and that the daddy is a super dad and that there is an asian mother and daughter. The illustrations don't grab me because they have kind of a messy look, but they obviously grab my girl, because she just stares and stares at each page. So...take what you will from this review. For the amount of fun it's given us, despite my initial misgivings, I think it's worth a try. In fact, I'm buying it for a friend's baby for xmas.
    76 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Mary Jane
    5.0 out of 5 stars Black child with white grandmother
    Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2020
    Verified Purchase
    It’s a good story except I didn’t like that they named the black child “ little pumpkin”. To me, that’s a racially induced name selection and was not a neutral name for a black child. I also do not know why they chose the black child to live with her grandmother, as it being black means that you're less likely to be parented by a mother or father . The worse part is that the black child has a while grandmother.
    4 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report

Top reviews from other countries

Translate all reviews to English
  • MIM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book
    Reviewed in Canada on October 27, 2024
    Verified Purchase
    Read it to my kids,, now my grandkids. An all time favourite
    Report
  • Susannah
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book for any toddler
    Reviewed in Spain on March 28, 2015
    Verified Purchase
    My 18 month old loves this book as does my 4 year old. The illustrations are wonderful and reading it aloud is as much fun as looking at the pictures.
    Report
  • laurach79
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful illustrations and adorable text
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2010
    Verified Purchase
    Great to read aloud and wonderful to look at. I love this book.
    Report
  • frara
    5.0 out of 5 stars 喜びます。
    Reviewed in Japan on March 24, 2017
    Verified Purchase
    ２歳の子供の読み聞かせ用に購入しました。最初の反応はイマイチでしたが
    おへそにキスのシーンを真似していたら楽しくなってきたようで一緒に読めるようになりました。
    more,more,moreと言えるようになりました。
    Report
  • Pallavi kulkarni
    1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
    Reviewed in India on January 18, 2016
    Verified Purchase
    My don who loves reading did not show any interest in this book
    Report