{"id":44332,"date":"2025-08-29T06:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/?p=44332"},"modified":"2025-08-28T18:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:20:30","slug":"i-kissed-the-baby-by-mary-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/i-kissed-the-baby-by-mary-murphy\/","title":{"rendered":"*I Kissed the Baby! by Mary Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I Kissed the Baby! <em>is a sweet board book perfect for those first few months.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-src=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I-kissed-the-baby-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44333 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;width:300px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I-kissed-the-baby-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I-kissed-the-baby-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I-kissed-the-baby-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I-kissed-the-baby-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I-kissed-the-baby-2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I-kissed-the-baby-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I-kissed-the-baby-2-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I-kissed-the-baby-2-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I-kissed-the-baby-2-96x96.jpg 96w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-kissed-the-baby-by-mary-murphy-candlewick-2004-24-pages\">*<em>I Kissed the Baby! <\/em>by Mary Murphy. Candlewick, 2004. 24 pages.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reading Level<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/category\/book-reviews\/picture-books-2\/\">Picture books, <\/a><\/strong>ages 0-4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Recommended For<\/strong>: Ages 0-4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone is excited about the new baby and the joy is contagious as a fish, bird, squirrel, frog, and insect share with one another how they saw, fed, tickled, and kissed the baby. Each interaction follows the pattern of &#8220;I _______ the baby! Did you _____ the baby?&#8221; &#8220;Yes, I ________ the baby, what a __________!&#8221; The last question is asked of the mother. Did she kiss her baby? Yes, of course she kissed her baby, and she&#8217;s going to do it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The illustrations are rough-edged, primarily black and white with a little pink and yellow, which is perfect for babies whose eyes are still learning to focus. The rhythm and pattern of the text feels like a nursery rhyme that invites play and intimacy. Because the book ends with a kiss, you can&#8217;t get tired of reading it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">*<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/category\/book-reviews\/starred-reviews\/\">indicates a Redeemed Reader starred review, an outstanding example in its field<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Considerations:<\/strong> none<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bottom Line:<\/strong> A perfect baby gift that can tucks easily into a diaper bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recommended-reading-at-redeemed-reader\">Recommended Reading at Redeemed Reader <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Book Reviews<\/strong>: More picture books for the very young include <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/mockingbird-by-allan-ahlberg\/\"><em>Mockingbird<\/em> by Allan Ahlberg<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/ten-little-rabbits-by-maurice-sendak\/\"><em>Ten Little Rabbits<\/em> by Maurice Sendak<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/hello-ninja-by-n-d-wilson\/\"><em>Hello, Ninja<\/em> by N. D. Wilson<\/a><\/strong>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Book Reviews:<\/strong> Christian publishers are producing quality board books for young children now, too! We love the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/baby-believer-board-books\/\">Baby Believer series by Danielle Hitchen<\/a><\/strong> and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/bible-board-books-tiny-hands-and-for-the-bible-tells-me-so\/\">Tiny Hands series from Crossway<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A Refection:<\/strong> We&#8217;re privileged to have a collection of blog posts from the late Gladys Hunt here on Redeemed Reader. We call that collection The Hive; one that relates to this charming board book is &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/gladys-hunt-on-simplicity\/\">Gladys Hunt on Simplicity<\/a><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-small-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#c6dadf\"><em>We are participants in the Amazon LLC affiliate program; purchases you make through affiliate links like the one below may earn us a commission.&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2019\/11\/disclosure-policy\/\"><em>Read more here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/44PGgH7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">You may purchase <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4fqvTgB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">I Kissed the Baby!<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/44PGgH7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> on amazon.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Kissed the Baby! 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