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In a matter-of-fact tone, this tell-it-like-it-is text speaks directly to prospective older siblings...This book will serve as a great springboard for a discussion of a child's individualized concern about what it means to be an older sibling. --School Library Journal In this smart, sassy preview of life with baby for the preschool set, Thomas serves up her home truths about new babies with a liberal dash of wry humor. She covers the gamut of babyhood, from Mommy's ever-expanding tummy to the mountains of paraphernalia required for one small being. The prose is snappy: brief no-nonsense sentences tell it like it is...Worldly-wise preschoolers will appreciate this honest appraisal of what is to come. --Kirkus Reviews Make room on your parenting shelf for this addition to the 'new baby comes home' genre. Thomas' language is simple but not simplistic, and she keeps her audience firmly in mind when explaining the chronology of events that accompany the imminent arrival of a new sibling. --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books They're black, Asian, Hispanic, white: children of different backgrounds with something in common--a baby is coming to their house. Speaking right to young siblings-to-be and using a comforting refrain, Thomas talks honestly about the changes that are likely to take place--from the appearance of high chairs and messy diapers to sometimes crabby parents and less attention for older siblings...Futran's photos are great--affectionate, mostly natural, often funny family pictures with the warmth of a photo album. --Booklist

In a matter-of-fact tone, this tell-it-like-it-is text speaks directly to prospective older siblings...This book will serve as a great springboard for a discussion of a child's individualized concern about what it means to be an older sibling.--School Library Journal In this smart, sassy preview of life with baby for the preschool set, Thomas serves up her home truths about new babies with a liberal dash of wry humor. She covers the gamut of babyhood, from Mommy's ever-expanding tummy to the mountains of paraphernalia required for one small being. The prose is snappy: brief no-nonsense sentences tell it like it is...Worldly-wise preschoolers will appreciate this honest appraisal of what is to come.--Kirkus Reviews Make room on your parenting shelf for this addition to the 'new baby comes home' genre. Thomas' language is simple but not simplistic, and she keeps her audience firmly in mind when explaining the chronology of events that accompany the imminent arrival of a new sibling.--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books They're black, Asian, Hispanic, white: children of different backgrounds with something in common--a baby is coming to their house. Speaking right to young siblings-to-be and using a comforting refrain, Thomas talks honestly about the changes that are likely to take place--from the appearance of high chairs and messy diapers to sometimes crabby parents and less attention for older siblings...Futran's photos are great--affectionate, mostly natural, often funny family pictures with the warmth of a photo album.--Booklist

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Shelley Moore Thomas teaches first and second grade in New Mexico where she is also a storyteller known locally as the Story Queen. She lives in New Mexico with her husband, two daughters, and their three dogs.Eric Futran is a well-known culinary photographer and has photographed kids for several children's books. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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