Image of Baby Says by John Steptoe in jacket. Spine and front cover bearing the title and author name. The publisher's name is at the bottom of the spine. Front cover shows an illustration of a baby sitting down and smiling.

Image of the title page of Baby Says by John Steptoe. The author's signature is right below his printed name and dated 1989. Image shows a teddy bear and three yellow wooden blocks.

Image of an internal spread from Baby Says by John Steptoe. Illustration shows a younger brother in his crib reaching out to grab his teddy bear. On the right page is the older brother who is sitting and building a block tower. Text reads: "Uh, oh"

Image of an internal spread from Baby Says by John Steptoe. Shows the older brother dropping the teddy bear into his younger brother's crib. Text reads "No, no."

Baby Says

Name: Baby Says
Brand: Books of Wonder
Price: 225.0 USD
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Author: John Steptoe

Signed!

Illustrator: John Steptoe

Signed!

STEPTOE, John. Baby Says. [NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1988]. Oblong 8vo, [24]pp. Color pictorial boards. Color illustrations on nearly every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author, Caldecott Honor artist John Steptoe. Rare thus.

First edition, having the complete number line of 1 through 10 on the copyright page. A charmingly simple tale of a younger brother’s attempts to get his big brother’s attention so he can be removed from his crib and join in on his big brother’s fun! Issued the year he won the Caldecott Honor for Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, this was the last book published in his lifetime.

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