Baby (MacLachlan novel)
{{Short description|1995 children's novel by Patricia MacLachlan}}
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{{Infobox book
| author = Patricia MacLachlan
| isbn = 978-0-385-31133-5
| pub_date = September 1, 1993
| publisher = Delacorte Books for Young Readers
| image = Baby (Patricia McLaughlin).jpg
}}
Baby is a 1995 children's novel by American author Patricia MacLachlan. It explores the themes of family and abandonment through the story of a family who has experienced loss, but discovers a baby girl left on their doorstep, with the only information about her on a short note. The story is told from the perspective of a girl named Larkin, whose family discovers and cares for the baby. The book features and references several poems, including one by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
It was adapted into a 2000 TV movie directed by Robert Allan Ackerman and starring Farrah Fawcett, Keith Carradine, and Jean Stapleton.
Reception
The Horn Book Magazine noted that the age of the book's intended audience was unclear but that it should still be read.{{Cite magazine |last=M. M. B. |date=November 1993 |title=Baby |url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=9402231635&site=lrc-plus |magazine=The Horn Book Magazine |page=746 |via=EBSCOhost |volume=69 |issue=6}} The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books called it an "excellent selection for early chapter book readers".{{Cite journal |date=June 2014 |title=Fly Away by Patricia MacLachlan (review) |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/545971 |journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books |language=en |volume=67 |issue=10 |pages=530–530 |doi=10.1353/bcc.2014.0500 |issn=1558-6766|url-access=subscription }} The International Reader's Association put it on its 1994 list of books good for teaching.{{Cite magazine |date=November 1994 |title=Teachers' Choices for 1994 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=9411182291&site=lrc-plus |magazine=Reading Teacher |page=239 |via=EBSCOhost |volume=48 |issue=3}} Booklist also reviewed the book.{{Cite web |date=1993-09-01 |title=Baby |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Baby-Patricia-MacLachlan/pid=965714 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Booklist}}
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Category:1995 children's books
Category:American children's novels
Category:American novels adapted into films
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