The Boss Baby

This baby is no little bundle of joy! He’s the boss, and Mom and Dad know it! He runs the home like a tyrant - no time off, plenty of meetings, and round-the-clock demands. He wants his perks too - time at the spa and the gym, drinks made to order. When Mom and Dad are finally too worn out to comply with boss’s orders, something very surprising occurs! The illustrations of the business-suited little tyrant (complete with diaper hatch!) add hilarity to an already funny book. Delightful!
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I loved this book! This book puts the life of a baby in an executives place-the baby calls meetings at all hours of the day (the baby is up at all hours in his crib!), demands drinks all hours of the day and has fits if his demands are not met, just like a bossy boss would! The baby does all of this demanding withough talking, but when he finally does, he gets more of his demands met. He goes back to being bossy though! The illustrations in this book seem to be done with color pencil (I think?) and the colors/style used seem to make the story look like it takes place in the 50's. This is a really cute book that almost seems more appropriate for parents or older sisters/brothers who would get that babies rule.

Boss Baby by Marla Frazee is hilarious. A stubborn, egotistic little boss has showed up - and he's working those adults into the ground! When his management techniques stop working, how will he get his employees' attention? Frazee's trademark pencil and gouache illustrations create soft backgrounds and humorous expressions throughout this story of infant tyranny.
While some older children will appreciate the humor of this story, it's really aimed at parents - especially new parents. But it's always good to have at least a few picturebooks adults can chuckle over!

Verdict: Buy this one and display it - circulation guaranteed.

Such a fun book that tells the story of the Boss baby who arrives at his new office (home) and takes charge of his employees (parents). He damands their attention and is very unhappy with his employees most of the time. He holds meetings (cries) at everytime of the night. One day he tried to call a meeting his usual way (screaming) and it doesn't work. So, he calls his employees names..."mama and dada." This makes the whole office very happy, until Boss baby realizes that there is more work to do!!

I liked this book for a few different reasons. The first thing I liked was the plot of the story. The book began with a great line, "From the moment the baby arrived, it was obvious that he was the boss. He put Mom and Dad on a round-the-clock schedule, with no time off." I found this introduction very clever as it begins to create the plot of the story; a couple bringing their newborn baby home from the hospital. To the children who are reading this story the baby might seem like a real boss, but adults like me for example, know that its about raising a child. Second, I loved the illustrations which clearly enhanced the story and fit the text. For example, "And then he set up his office right smack-dab in the middle of the house." show more Beside this piece of text was a picture of the baby dressed in a suit, sitting in the middle of the living room in his bouncy chair which appeared as a desk. He looked just like a boss! The last reason I liked this book was because I enjoyed the characters. I felt that they were believable, well developed, and created from a unique and unusual perspective. A great example is when the Boss Baby called for his parents and they did not respond until, "It was time to try something completely out of the box. Ma-ma? Da-da? WOW. That worked." This exemplified how as soon as parents begin to get frustrated or tired of their baby, the baby does something exciting and new like talking, which parents adore. All in all I feel that the 'big idea' of this story is that having a baby is hard and certainly a lot of work, but in the end that baby is a joyful piece of your life and family. show less

The book’s theme is that new babies are the bosses of their household; they dictate everything that goes on in the house. It's a very well executed metaphor and can be used to talk to your first child about the demand a new baby is going to take.

"The Boss Baby" is a wonderfully whimsical explanation of why babies take up so much of a parent's time. In the book, babies are CEOs of corporations; toting briefcases and constantly wearing a scowl.

RESPONSE: I thought this would be a great book for a new sibling, as new babies often result in a sort of culture shock. It'd also be fantastic for new parents, as a lot of the illustrations are jokes that a child may miss, but a parent would pick up on and smirk at.

THEMES/CONCEPTS: new babies, familial love