Product Description

"In this reassuring, emotionally on-target book . . . a father recalls for his preschooler the many feelings she experienced when her new baby brother arrived and her world changed forever." - PARENTING

How does it feel to have a brand-new baby in the family - especially if you are still very young yourself? With enormous warmth and empathy, the acclaimed and award-winning team of Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley, author and illustrator of IT'S SO AMAZING! and IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL, tell the universal story of a young child who, suddenly, is no longer the baby.

This new paperback edition of HI NEW BABY! includes an illustrated bookplate that lets older siblings help fill in the details of a special baby’s birth.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1070073 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-01
• Released on: 2003-05-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 11.79" h x .18" w x 9.62" l, .47 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

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Age 3 and over

When a new baby arrives on the scene, every one is happy. Mum and Dad are over the moon, Granny has gone completely gaga--in fact anyone would think that that squishy, boring squawking little thing that everyone is suddenly so fond of is the best thing in the world. But of course, it isn't. And no matter how hard they try to say that being a "big" is a good thing, you know deep down that it really isn't and that the only thing that matters is being very small indeed...

Hi, New Baby talks to children about what happens when a new sibling arrives on the scene and explores the thoughts and feelings of an older child as she gets to grips with this latest intrusion on her life.

Nice touches (a delightfully wrinkled little nose the first time our young heroine sniffs a dirty nappy, the sheer horror at the amount of noise this new bundle can make) add to the realism of this attractive book, with its life-like illustrations and down-to-earth attitude, and the unusual use of the father's voice reminding the child how she felt when the baby just arrived adds to the warmth.

Families faced with the arrival of a new baby could do much worse than pick up a copy of this book. --Susan Harrison

From Publishers Weekly
Reprising the family first introduced in Happy Birth Day!, Harris and Emberley return with another sensitive and visually sumptuous portrayal of a domestic milestone: the arrival of a second child. This time it's the father who narrates, as he tells the book's heroine, an unnamed preschooler, about how she reacted to her rumpled-faced brother's arrival. Initially, the big sister thinks he is "too noisy" and "boring." But then she realizes that by comparison, she is downright mature ("That baby doesn't have any teeth! I have so-ooo many teeth. And I can brush all my teeth. That baby can't!"). Working in full-bleed spreads in glowing peach tones, Emberley creates warm, intimate pictures (the audience is often just beyond the characters' noses); by frequently framing the action at the girl's eye level, he captures the full force of her stormy emotions. By the final page, the girl is sufficiently won over, enough to say "Hi new baby," rock her brother and even savor the deliciousness of new-baby smell. A sympathetic, credible approach to a reluctant sibling's plight. Ages 2-8. (Sept.)
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From Booklist
Ages 4-8. The glorious team responsible for It's So Amazing! (1999) and Happy Birth Day! (1996) has created a tender, real story of a little girl's first meeting with her new baby brother. Dad tells what happened, relating it as if he were recounting a favorite family story. He gently reminds his daughter that she didn't like the baby's cries or when he peed and spat up and that she tried to take his little cap and be the baby again. Through it all, parents and grandparents are seen as calm and reassuring. They tell her that she is a big sister, and big sisters are big enough to hold the baby. When she finally does, he falls asleep. Emberley's realistic oil-pastel pictures are utterly wonderful. A slightly balding dad, a round-faced mom, the little girl, the baby, and the grandparents are seen mostly in tight close-ups, a genuine kid's eye view: Mom nurses while she munches a pickle; the grandparents change the drooling infant. The emotions on the faces, from bemusement to fear to anger to delight, are rendered with pitch-perfect precision. Pair this with Kevin Henkes' Julius, the Baby of the World (1990) for a siblingfest of reassurance and joy. GraceAnne DeCandido
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