I Kissed the Baby! by Mary Murphy (Board book, 2004)

I saw the baby! Did you see the baby? Yes! I saw the baby, the teeny weeny thing.

It's so exciting! News of the baby is buzzing from animal to animal, with each one -- fish, bird, squirrel, insect, frog -- boasting of seeing, feeding, singing to, tickling, and kissing the tiny little thing. With bold, graphic black-and-white illustrations, Mary Murphy's simple, singsong story captures the giddy commotion that only a baby can bring.

An animal cast so elated that they seem on the verge of jumping into readers' laps. . . . The high-contrast pictures and exclamatory text are guaranteed eye and ear magnets for the littlest ones. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)