01927cam a2200313 4500 759581850 TxAuBib 20200319120000.0 200326s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u on1107442614 9781984835451 hbk. $16.99 1984835459 hbk. $16.99 (OCoLC)1107442614 YDX eng rda YDX JQW TxGR TxAuBib McDonnell, Christine, author. When the babies came to stay [Book] / by Christine McDonnell ; pictures by Jeanette Bradley. New York : Viking, 2020. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm. "A gentle, humorous story has a significant message of love and acceptance."--Provided by publisher. "The first baby arrived on the mail plane, the second two on the ferry, the fourth asleep on a pile of nets, smelling of mackerel. Who were the babies? Where did they come from? The notes left with them said "Please keep this baby safe," "Please give my child shelter." Only the librarian can take them home, and the library is where they grow up. The whole island helps to raise them. The fisherman teaches them to cast from the pier, the ferryman shows them charts of the sea, and from the harbormaster they learn to recognize birds. "Who are you?" other children ask. "Why don't you look alike?" The librarian gathers them in her arms. "Families don't always look alike," she says. "And where we're going is more important than where we came from."--Provided by publisher. 20200319. Newborn infants Fiction. Islands Fiction. Librarians Fiction. Adoption Fiction. Families Fiction. Bradley, Jeanette, illustrator. RV8