Before You Were Born18 reviews
Jennifer Davis, Laura Cornell

Workman Publishing Company, 1998

This is great for #2

+ Good for toddlers

I don't have a #2 yet but I am an elementary art teacher and let me tell you that I absolutly love this book. It is done in a fun way that tells both the mom and baby's point of view and gives fun facts that kids can relate to, like you were the size of a toster and what kinds of things the baby ...
  
  











  



  
Best-Ever Big Brother1 review
Karen Katz

Grosset & Dunlap, 2006

This Katz fan is disappointed.

I'm a BIG fan of Karen Katz books, but this one just falls a little short. The overall concept is good: explaining the differences between a big brother and a little sibling. But it has too many confusing concepts. It switches between using "little brother" and "little sister," which can be ...
  
  











  



  
Waiting for Baby (New Baby Series)32 reviews

Child's Play International, 2000

Best

+ cute book
+ great book

This is the best book we have to talk to our 15 month old about our coming baby. Since there are no words, we are able to use the words we've chosen ("there's a baby hiding inside mommy") for describing what is happening. She often gets up, comes over, and kisses my stomach when we're reading the ...
  
  











  



  
Sophie and the New Baby (Concept Books (Albert Whitman))9 reviews
Laurence Anholt

Albert Whitman & Company, 2000

Fabulous book

+ A Sweet Book for an Only Child Preparing for a Baby
+ Great for a big brother or sister!
+ Adorable and Realistic
+ Toddlers expecting siblings
  
  











  



  
The Night You Were Born2 reviews
Wendy McCormick

Peachtree Publishers, 2000

The joy of a new baby

Each time I read this book I find I have tears in my eyes. It captures perfectly the sheer joy we all share when a new life enters the world. While it is an ideal gift for a child about to have a new baby sister or brother, it also reminds any child of how much they were wanted and loved at their ...
  
  











  



  
My Mom's Having a Baby (Concept Book)3 reviews
Dori Hillestad Butler

Albert Whitman & Company, 2007

A superb giftbook or introduction to the facts of life

+ Good but for kids a little older than mine
+ Very well done, maybe too much detail for younger kids

My Mom's Having A Baby! is a children's picturebook designed to answer basic childhood questions about where babies come from. Told from the point of view of a young girl, it describes how babies are made in plain terms. Anatomically correct illustrations by Carol Thompson and Dori Butler's ...
  
  











  



  
When the Teddy Bears Came3 reviews
Martin Waddell

Candlewick, 1998

Strikes just the right note

+ Gentle Sibling Story

We really like this book -- we've been reading it to our 3-year-old in anticipation of the birth of his baby sister, and he loves it. It strikes just the right note, subtly bringing up the displacement that older kids feel when a new baby is born, without becoming a huge negativity-fest the way ...
  
  











  



  
The Baby Sister (Picture Books)5 reviews
Tomie dePaola

Putnam Juvenile, 1999

One of my son's favorites!

+ Baby Sister
+ The Baby Sister
+ My little sister
+ O.K.
  
  











  



  
There's a House Inside My Mommy4 reviews
Giles Andreae

Albert Whitman & Company, 2002

My son loves this book.

+ My Daughter's Favorite Book!
+ Favorite book for a "sibling to be"
+ Bought this book for my 3yo daughter
  
  











  



  
I'm Going to be a Big Sister23 reviews
Brenda Bercun

Nurturing Your Children Press, 2006

this book is NOT graphic

+ I'm going to be a big sister
+ Awesome book to help prepare daughter for new sibling...

I just had to respond and say I'm very disappointed to read that a few reviewers found this book "graphic." There is one page in the book that shows a mommy's belly (really mostly a profile view) with a uterus and a baby inside. There is a very vague line that is supposedly the "birth canal" and ...
  
  











  



  
My Baby Brother Has Ten Tiny Toes
Laura Leuck

Albert Whitman & Company, 1997

Introduces the numbers one to ten through the nose, eyes, shoes, and other possessions and body parts of a girl's baby brother.
  
  











  



  
Big Sister Blue (Blue's Clues)3 reviews
Kara McMahon

Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon, 2007

Blue Has a Baby Brother

As you likely already know if you saw the 10th anniversary special, or read any of the books associated with it. Well, having a baby brother makes Blue a big sister! And this board book is about the things they do together now that they've found each other. Blue loves being a big sister. She ...
  
  











  



  
The New Baby (Paperstar)7 reviews
Fred Rogers

Putnam Juvenile, 1996

great gift book

+ Great book by Mr. Rogers
+ Good description of family changes
+ A Great Book for Discussing a Sibling's Feelings Toward a New Baby
+ Wonderful book!
  
  











  



  
Best-Ever Big Sister6 reviews
Karen Katz

Grosset & Dunlap, 2006

Great book for your 1-3 yr old

+ Not bad...
+ Best Ever Big Sister

We bought this for our 2 yr old when our next child was due. These books are great and teach things so well. We were able to use this book to explain that babies cant do all the things a big girl can do...so thats why babies need a little more help. We also have the little book of manners and NO ...
  
  











  



  
Big Sister Dora! (Dora the Explorer)6 reviews

Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon, 2005

Big Sister Dora is fun for older sister

+ Good book for big sisters

My granddaughter Joey loves her new book and reads it with us every day. She is looking forward to her own sib any day now.
  
  











  



  
Angelina's Baby Sister (Angelina Ballerina)6 reviews
Katharine Holabird

Viking Juvenile, 2006

A dear, sweet look at the difficulty of having a new sibling

+ Very cute!

Katharine Holabird's "Angelina's Baby Sister" follows in the tradition of all the other Angelina Mouseling books. Angelina Mouseling is a small white mouse--perhaps somewhere between six and ten years old in people years--who has the complete attention of her parents and grandparents no matter ...
  
  











  



  
Hello Baby!39 reviews

Dragonfly Books, 2000

One of our favorites!

+ MUST HAVE FOR SIBLING TO BE
+ Terrific!
+ great
  
  











  



  
Will There Be a Lap for Me?8 reviews
Dorothy Corey

Albert Whitman & Company, 1995

WILL THERE BE A LAP FO RME

+ Realistic and comforting
+ Another book you might like: On Mother's Lap
+ Wonderful
  
  











  



  
Peter's Chair: Peter Lub Rooj10 reviews
Jack Keats

Minnesota Humanities Commission, 2001

Pull Up a Chair

+ ordered for a friend
+ The best sibling book ever!
+ Peter's Chair - the best for sibling issues
+ great book
  
  











  



  
I'm a Big Sister76 reviews
Joanna Cole, Maxie Chambliss

HarperCollins, 1997

Great, Positive Book to Prepare a Toddler for a Baby

+ This book is a great way to get the converation going
+ "I'm a Big Sister"
+ Excellent book - my daughter still likes it 2 years later
+ Sweet and Perfect for my 2-Year-Old