First Laugh: Welcome, Baby!
Rose Ann Tahe, Nancy Bo Flood
A new baby is the focus of this present-day story about a Navajo family. Family members wait, tickle, smile, and listen for the baby’s first laugh, which signals that the First Laugh Ceremony can take place. The person who first makes a baby laugh hosts the ceremony, a formal welcome into the family and clan. The family spends time both at home in the city and with grandparents in the Navajo Nation. Information on the Navajo ceremony and newborn traditions in other cultures follows the story.
This book appears on 4 reading lists across 2 editions from 4 organizations.
