ALA Booklist (Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 CDT 2018)

Wildlife photographer Eszterhas continues her Baby Animals series (Baby Animals Moving, 2018) by presenting photographs that feature tiny creatures engaged in that most important of tasks: chowing down on the food that will help them grow. In glossy, detailed, and often-enchanting photographs, Eszterhas introduces little humans to the family lives and eating habits of several different kinds of animals. A father jackal spits up meat he's already eaten for his cubs; warthog piglets clamor for their mother's milk; an orangutan mom chews up fruit and passes it to her baby with her mouth. Eszterhas folds some basic biology facts, easy for young readers to comprehend, into the narrative: raccoons can eat almost anything, as a baby raccoon with a quail egg attests, and the notoriously slow sloth has an even-slower digestive system. A final spread provides some fast facts about a slew of additional animals. The pictures are the clear scene-stealers, but burgeoning biologists will find plenty to chew on here.

Horn Book (Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)

What preschooler can resist photos of baby animals feeding with their parents? The close-up pictures show a variety of animals, each accompanied with a few sentences explaining what's going on. Occasional anthropomorphizing ("Koalas are very picky eaters") is appropriate for the intended audience. The final two pages have author-photographer Eszterhas introducing herself and quick facts about a few more animal babies.

Kirkus Reviews

A longtime wildlife photographer presents an album of her photographs of baby animals eating.Eszterhas, who has observed and photographed animals around the world, strings these irresistible images together with short explanations of what and how they're eating. Brown bears, koalas, jackals, penguins, egrets, cheetahs, monkeys and chimpanzees, giraffes, warthogs, raccoons, orangutans, and sloths—the animals range from the familiar to the unusual, at least in a book for very young readers. Most of the pictures seem to have been taken in the wild, and often they include a parent: a mother brown bear giving her cub a fish; monkeys, chimps, and warthogs nursing from their mothers; father jackals and penguins regurgitating food for their offspring. The images expand to fill most spreads, and there are occasional insets to vary the design. A final spread introduces the photographer and seven more animals, including an orphaned serval kitten the author bottle-fed (as she recounted in Moto and Me, 2017). The descriptions are short and use appropriate vocabulary, including specialized terminology for the animal babies. The book could be shared one-on-one with even very young listeners, who will be entranced by the pictures and informed by the read-aloud text.An appealing addition to any nature-themed collection. (Informational picture book. 3-7)

School Library Journal (Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 CST 2019)

Gr 1-4 A beautiful book of photographs of baby animals eating their favorite foods. The pictures show parent animals sharing food with their babies in many different ways. Bears catch food such as fish and clams and give them to their cubs. Koalas and giraffe babies munch on leaves with their parents. The older jackals, penguins, and egrets find and eat food then spit it up into their babies' mouths so the dangerous hunting is done by the parent while the babies are safe at home. Monkeys, chimps, and warthogs all drink milk from their mothers. The photography in this book is fantastic and illustrates the accompanying text perfectly. At the end of the book the creator has a two-page biography detailing her travels and work to help raise money for animal conservation programs. VERDICT A lovely addition for elementary libraries, especially where baby animal books are popular. Cynde Suite, Bartow County Library System, Adairsville, GA