• Age: 0 to 2
• Grade: p to 12
• Reading age: 0 to 2

Key Selling Points

• Stay My Baby reflects on the heart tug of feeling the joy of watching a child grow up while also feeling a protective wish to hold them close forever.
• Sweet rhyming verses accompanied by inviting photographs of babies, toddlers and diverse families make this board book an appealing read for all caregivers as they marvel over the babies in their lives.
• Author and educator Lana Button was inspired to write this story while saying goodbye at the airport to her university-bound daughter.

LANA BUTTON a grandi dans la petite ville frontalière de St. Stephen, au Nouveau-Brunswick. Elle a une formation d’actrice et d’éducatrice de la petite enfance. Ses albums illustrés ont été en nomination pour plusieurs récompenses, dont les prix Blue Spruce, Shining Willow, le Jean Throop IODE Award et le Rainforest of Reading. Elle est bénévole pour les organisations littéraires IBBY Canada, First Book et One World Schoolhouse. Lana et son mari ont trois filles adultes et vivent à Burlington, en Ontario.

LANA BUTTON grew up in the tiny border town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick. She has a background in acting and early childhood education. She writes for young children, and her picture books have been shortlisted for numerous awards. She enjoys reading books out loud whenever she gets the chance.

Lana Button's profile page

• Commended, Loan Stars Canadian Juvenile top 10 pick

“Calming, beautiful, [and] loving…The author’s warmhearted message is sure to pull at adults’ heartstrings. An excellent reminder to children of their parents’ or care givers’ love, this book is perfect to share with infants, to use for parent and child reading, or to use for a bedtime story.”

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)

“Inclusive photographs of babies and families give this book a beautiful multiverse of babyhood.”

School Library Journal

“The photographs-as-illustrations work with the text to create a gentle, inclusive image of all the ways babies and caregivers interact and love one another. Babies will almost certainly enjoy the images of beautifully diverse families living and loving together.”

CM: Canadian Review of Materials

“It’s easy to see why parents in this picture book are treasuring the playful moments captured in the photos…the color pictures in this appealing board book capture happy moments for viewers young and old to enjoy.”

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