My Book of Firsts by Lee Wardlaw

My Book of Firsts

Poems Celebrating a Baby's Milestones

Lee Wardlaw

Red Comet Press · Print & ebook · April 1, 2025

A keepsake volume of poetry marking the key moments in a baby’s first year, with space to record your baby’s milestones My Book of Firsts is a delightful collection of poems about the milestones experienced by babies in their first year.

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Who it’s for
Poems mark a baby’s first-year milestones, with room to record each one as it arrives.
Themes
Baby’s first-year milestones, Family keepsakes and memories
Genres
Poetry, New Baby

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About this book

A keepsake volume of poetry marking the key moments in a baby’s first year, with space to record your baby’s milestones My Book of Firsts is a delightful collection of poems about the milestones experienced by babies in their first year. From a baby’s first toy to its first tooth, from first book to first word, first haircut, and first birthday party, My Book of Firsts provides lilting poetry to share with babies as they progress through that first year of life.

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All illustrated with the warm and inviting drawings of Bruno Brogna. The book features a section in the back with spaces for parents to record their baby’s milestones as they reach them. My Book of Firsts will ultimately become a keepsake and record to return to in the future. It is a perfect baby shower gift, a sibling gift, and a great book for day care centers with infant/toddler programs.

A Baby’s Firsts

Poems mark a baby’s first-year milestones, with room to record each one as it arrives.

Come here for

  • Poems about a baby’s first toy, tooth, book, word, haircut, and birthday party
  • Spaces to record milestones as they happen

Expect

  • Lilting verses to share with babies
  • Illustrations by Bruno Brogna and a milestone-recording section

Where it sits

New Baby72%
Poetry39%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • New Baby
  • Funny Poems
  • New Experiences
Authors
Lee Wardlaw
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Published
April 1, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Baby’s first-year milestones · Family keepsakes and memories
Reading lane
New Baby