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| Urban Babies Wear Black | 
 enlarge | Author: Michelle Sinclair Colman
Creator: Nathalie Dion
Publisher: Tricycle Press
Category: Book
List Price: $6.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 22640
Media: Board book
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 20
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 1582461589
EAN: 9781582461588
ASIN: 1582461589
Publication Date: June 30, 2005
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Product Description
Infantus urbanus (defn.): Young mammal raised in city environment. Infantus urbanus love nights at the opera, modern architecture, and fine cuisine. Difficult to spot at night due to their penchant for black clothing. See also URBAN BABIES.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Ridiculous, obnoxious book - shower gift maybe, but not for baby November 15, 2006
20 out of 39 found this review helpful
I will be the voice of dissent here and say I found this book highly obnoxious... but then, maybe I'm not "urban" enough.
I think somebody originally conceived of this book, and its "Country Babies" companion, as a tongue-in-cheek baby shower gift, and then the whole thing got out of hand and somebody thought it would make a great baby board book. It doesn't.
Luckily, I didn't have to buy the book to find this out - our local library got it in, a horrific irony because most of the "urban babies" who live in our run-down neighbourhood don't WEAR black -- they ARE black, and wear whatever they can afford. They're not "lucky" enough to be wheeled around in Bugaboos, drink lattes or attend the opera.
Many will visit the library with an older sibling or grandmother (probably not a skinny white frappu-drinking mommy) who will be forced to explain this monstrosity of a book to them with its pampered, privileged, peachy-toned princes and princesses. And that just makes me sad.
A "delightful" book? Maybe for about six parents somewhere in NYC or some other, hipper urban area. The rest of us are plain ol' urban families, babies and all, just trying to make a nice, unpretentious life for ourselves in the city...
 Good Urban Fun August 7, 2005
18 out of 24 found this review helpful
At long last, a board book urban babes can REALLY relate to! Step off, Olivia. Make way, ducklings. Let's wheel the Bugaboo out for a mocha latte playdate and a tour of the Guggenheim, instead! We love the tongue-in-cheek, self-depracating tone -- And the illustrations are fabulous. Would make a fun gift.
-- DC BABY, (...)
Urban Babies Have Obnoxious, Pretentious Parents January 1, 2007
16 out of 39 found this review helpful
Were it not for the thought that it might actually get read to actual children, this book would be hilarious -- Exhibit A in the indictment of a certain class of smug, self-righteous, bohemian parent who inflicts their conception of cool on their innocent children. The subtext here is that it's a shame other sad babies (and by extension their benighted parents) don't appreciate art and architecture like *my* hipster baby, and isn't it sad that other parents -- unlike ME!! -- deprive their children of high culture and cappuccino highs.
This is not a book for children; rather it is giant stroke to the already inflated egos of "urban" parents -- the kind that when they visit you for dinner in your bleak, soul-less suburban home, spend the evening talking about how wonderful city life is, and how's there's so much to do, and how they could *never* imagine living in the suburbs. I'm not sure what's more depressing: the images of an infant dressed in black dragged to the opera and the museum or the knowledge that somewhere some hipper-than-thou parents think this is a cute book that accurately depicts their child's upbringing. Loathsome, indeed.
Simply Delightful! January 2, 2007
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
As a mother of two in Seattle, and owner of this book, I think that it is a sweet depiction of child-rearing in the city. I was actually just going online to purchase another copy for a friend's shower next week. I am surprised that some of these reviewers see this small book with only twenty words as an entire indictment of the upper middle class. I don't know how taking your child to a coffee shop or a museum makes you "obnoxious" and/or "pretentious". I would say it that it is a fair statement to say that parents everywhere want the best for their children - for them to be well cared-for and well-educated - what should be considered loathsome about that?
Hip board book for urban dwellers August 24, 2005
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
This has to be the best board book I have read in a while! I work as a librarian in a trendy area, and it so reflects the activities and lifestyle of the hip hot mama set in my neighbourhood. Gap babies, Running room joggers, yoga and more. If you know someone with a baby - tell them to get this book!
Unless of course they are totally lacking in a sense of humour about being a "yuppie".
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