How Do You Take a Bath? by Kate McMullan, Sydney Hanson

How Do You Take a Bath?

by Kate McMullan and Sydney Hanson

Perfect for fans of Five Little Monkeys Jump in the Bath, this fun and educational picture book brings together adorable baby animals and bathtime.

How do YOU take a bath?
Does your mama comb your fur?
Do you shake off all your dirt?
Do you splash and flap and quack?
Do the birdies peck your back?
No!

Follow elephants, pigs, monkeys, hippos, and more in this charming rhyming picture book from veteran author Kate McMullan. How does a pig take a bath? It sinks in the mud! What about a chicken? It thrashes about in dust! And a cat? Why, it licks itself clean, of course! Sydney Hanson's adorable illustrations toggle neatly between animals in nature grooming themselves and humorous depictions of children attempting the animals' bathing tactics. By the end of the book, the child finally makes his way to the bathtub, no mud baths or lick baths about it!

Reviewed by kimbacaffeinate on

4 of 5 stars

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How Do You Take a Bath? by Kate McMullan is such a fun book from it's colorful, adorable illustrations to it's silly questions about bath time. The author shows how animals bath from wallowing in mud to kicking up dirt then she asks you if you spit on your fingers (like the bat) or bath in the mud. Sydney Hanson's illustrations are simply adorable. The little hippo and fat little piglets will make you smile. Princess Sophia wanted to hug them all. Prince Clayton loved the different animals and I saw able to reinforce what each animal was. While both children are shy of the target age range we all found reasons to enjoy this story. Their laughter and responses to the silly questions had us all giggling.

I love books that teach while entertaining and this story hit all the marks. This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Reviewer

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