Overview

Sharp and witty illustrations from popular artist Chess punctuate this easy-to-read chapter book about two reluctant siblings who welcome their family's newest member. Includes a recipe for babka. Full color.

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Author:   Jane Breskin Zalben ,  Victoria Chess
Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin
Imprint:   Clarion Books
Edition:   American ed
Dimensions:   Width: 19.30cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 20.50cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9780618234899

ISBN 10:   0618234896
Pages:   38
Publication Date:   30 September 2004
Recommended Age:   From 4 to 7 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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funny, heartwarming early chapter book...Chess's soft, rounded, dePaola-style illustrations are as warm, comical, and appealing as the story. KIRKUS

Beryl knows she will love, love, love her new baby sister, certain to be as sweet as a chocolate babka. But when her father calls her and her little brother Sam from the hospital and happily shouts It's a boy! she faces her worst nightmare: Two baby brothers. Double trouble. This funny, heartwarming early chapter book about embracing (and rejecting) a new baby in the house has shades of Kevin Henkes's Julius, the Baby of the World and a charm all its own. As Beryl concocts a strategy to make baby Zachary disappear, Uncle Morty conjures some tricks of his own to help his niece and nephew accept the small intruder as a member of the family, a long line of gorgeous genius babies. In the end, Beryl decides she doesn't want to make baby Zach disappear after all. Chess's soft, rounded, dePaola-style illustrations are as warm, comical, and appealing as the story. A detailed Eastern European recipe for chocolate babka tops off an already enticing offering for the sibling-challenged. (Illustrated fiction. 6-9) (Kirkus Reviews)

Author Information

Victoria Chess is the illustrator of Good Night Dinosaurs. She has also illustrated many other successful picture books for children, including the popular Slugs by David Greenberg (Little, Brown). She lives in Warren, Connecticut. Jane Breskin Zalben has written and illustrated many distinctive picture books, including Pearl's Eight Days of Chanukah and the best-selling Beni holiday series. She is also a cookbook writer, the author of six novels for older readers, and a painter of abstract art. The mother of two grown sons, she lives on Long Island, New York, with her husband, Steven.

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