Ha Ha, Baby
by Kate Petty
Illustrated by Geogie Birkett
Big, bold crayoned outlines and text in a large font echo the voice of the narrator, the big brother of the initially grumpy baby. He relates how first Ma, then Pa, then Grandma - the whole family in fact - try to make the baby laugh. But it's only when Big Brother accepts the baby's mood that things start to go right. These brothers communicate!
The baby stares, big Brother stares back and says 'absolutely no laughing' and then of course 'First with a dimple, then with a smile, a ghost of a grin, a chuckle and a chortle, a burble and a gurgle, our baby laughed...' Jolly pictures fill the page and fit perfectly with the rollicking text.