Summary:
Edwin is a baby and tomorrow is his birthday. His mother is frantic and is gathering up all her kids to go to the grocery store. The mother is forgetful and the kids are hyper. They think that baby Edwin is just babbling. When you look at his broken speech you can see he is reminding his mother about all the things she is forgetting and the things his siblings are forgetting too. No one understands baby Edwin so he gets the package of sugar they have forgotten to grab himself. No one understands baby Edwin but he is beginning to learn how to speak.
Comments:
Edwin Speaks Up, is a very sweet story, it is a good book to read to very young kids. The illustrations are very sweet with their soft color schemes and their soft lines with repeating patterns. ( )

This book is about a family ferrets taking a trip to the supermarket to get grocery. There is one thing they can not forget at the supermarket and that is the sugar for Baby Edwin birthday cake for his party the next day. The central message of the story is that sometimes we need to slow down and pay attention to someone we think is not making sense. They might be saying something that is valuable to you. ( )

The Finnemore family took a shopping trip to get groceries. Edwin is a babbling little baby. With all the children, the shopping trip is turning into a chaotic mess. Their one job is to remember to get sugar for Edwin's birthday cake. They forget many things. Who will remind her to get the sugar?

Mrs. Finnemore is an overwhelmed mother of 5. She has trouble keeping track of her belongings and her children. Baby Edwin is the one who speaks up to let mom know where things are, but mom can't understand his gibber. Edwin takes matters into his own hands to save mom's perfect day.

Edwin speaks but nobody listens. ( )