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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2007
K-Gr 3 "When you're a baby, you are in a crib and not in school," according to a worldly wise big sister, who reads from a book she has written for her new sibling. She itemizes a long list of things that babies cannot do, including play with her toys, sit in a car "like a normal person," or "have ANY pillows on your bed." Although she tends to focus on the negatives, in the end the unnamed protagonist admits that babies have some uses. She tells her brother that babies are "go...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
A big sister describes what it's like to be a baby, listing the many things that infants, specifically her own brother, can't do. "When you're a baby, you just wear your pajamas ALL THE TIME and not real clothes...You don't read books. You eat them." The list goes on, making it clear how superior it is to be a big kid rather than a helpless infant. Eventually, our six-year-old narrator gets around to naming the good parts about being a baby...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
A big sister describes what it's like to be a baby, listing the many things that infants, specifically her own brother, can't do....Log In or Sign Up to Read More