Oh, Boy! Babies

Oh, Boy! Babies!
AuthorAlison Cragin Herzig
Jane Lawrence Mali
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's non-fiction literature
Child care
Publication date
1980
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardback
Pages106
ISBN9780316358972

Oh, Boy! Babies! is a 1980 children's non-fiction child care photo book written by Alison Cragin Herzig and Jane Lawrence Mali and photographed by Katrina Thomas. The book follows a group of 5th and 6th grade boys enrolled in an infant care-taking class designed to teach bathing, clothing, diaper-changing, and feeding.[1][2] The book was adapted into a half-hour TV special which aired on NBC in 1982.[3][4][5]

Reception

The book won the 1981 National Book Award for Young People's Literature in the nonfiction hardcover category.[6]

References

  1. ^ Herzig, Alison; Mali, Jane (April 1982). "Oh, Boy! Babies!". Good Housekeeping. Vol. 194, no. 4. New York. pp. 88–90.
  2. ^ Roedder, Kathleen R. (September 1, 1981). "Books for Children". Childhood Education. 58 (1). Washington: 46.
  3. ^ Honig, Alice Sterling (Spring 1995). "Children in Crisis: Ideas for Early Childhood Educators". Contemporary Education. 66 (3): 158.
  4. ^ O'Connor, John J. (October 17, 1982). "TV View; Leaving Children to the Mercy of the Marketplace". The New York Times. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  5. ^ Giveans, David L. (1986). "Today's Spectrum of Fathering Examined Through Film". Marriage & Family Review. 9 (3–4): 255–272. doi:10.1300/J002v09n03_16.
  6. ^ "Oh, Boy! Babies!". NationalBook.org. Retrieved December 25, 2025.