Display: Your New Baby

The New Baby
By Stephen Cartwright
The Bunn family gets a new baby and learns how to take care of it.

I’m a Big Sister
By Joanna Cole
There is a new baby in the house, but big sister learns how to help, and can do many things baby can't do, like eating pizza and ice cream.

Soy Una Hermana Mayor
By Joanna Cole
A sister enumerates the joys of welcoming a new baby to the family and the advantages of already being "big."

Soy Un Hermano Mayor
By Joanna Cole
A child observes all the things that his new baby brother does and gives all the reasons why he loves being a big brother.

My New Baby
By Rachel Fuller
A new addition to the family is exciting, but the experience can also be worrying and confusing for siblings. Coping with the new situations and emotions that arise can be very challenging. This series of four board books deals with the anticipation of waiting for the new baby, the excitement of the arrival itself, and the beginnings of the special relationship between siblings. The simple conversational text and lively illustrations are carefully designed to encourage dialogue between reader and child.

Hi New Baby
By Robbie H. Harris
A father recalls his young daughter's first reactions to her new baby brother.

Big Sister Sarah
By Pauline Oud Sarah is excited about her new baby sister, until the new baby gets all the attention and the presents.

Big Brother Now
By Annette Sheldon
Jake describes how his life changed when his baby sister, Abby, arrived, and how he learned to be a good big brother.

Big Sister Now
By Annette Sheldon
A little girl gets used to sharing her parents with her baby brother and realizes there are some benefits to being a big sister now.

Mission New Baby
By Susan Wood
A secret agent's guide to welcoming a new sibling.

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Dude, That's Rude! (Get Some Manners) by Pamela Espeland & Elizabeth Verdick

If there's one book today's kids need to read, it is Dude, That's Rude! (Get Some Manners) . The authors provide a fun format for teaching etiquette to children. They discuss proper behavior at home, at school, at other people's homes and in public places. The information is completely up-to-date with cellphone manners and netiquette included. Fun, cartoony illustrations are on practically every page giving the book great visual appeal. This book is perfect for boys and girls in the fourth grade or older. WARNING: Bodily functions are discussed.

Faces of the Moon by Bob Crelin

Faces of the Moon by Bob Crelin Illustrated by Leslie Evans Charlesburg; 2009; unpaged Faces of the Moon is a short nonfiction book that describes the different phases of the moon and why the moon appears like it does on certain nights. This book is short and sweet so even the youngest of moon lovers will enjoy it. The layout is simplistic and easy to follow. I don’t know much about the moon so I found it very interesting.

Review: The Factory

The Factory By Catherine Egan New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2025. Fiction. 306 pages. Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle has been invited to join the Factory, a secretive research facility in the desert which ostensibly extracts renewable energy from the electromagnetic fields of its young recruits. But Asher soon realizes something sinister is going on. Kids are getting sick. The adults who run the Factory seem to be keeping secrets. And the extraction process is not only painful and exhausting, but existentially troubling. Asher makes a handful of new friends who help him with an investigation that turns into a resistance, which turns into...a cliffhanger! The Factory is a page-turning sci-fi with multidimensional characters, an intriguing plot, and refreshingly straight-forward writing. Egan weaves in detail about climate crises and social unrest, making the story's dystopian setting feel rich and plausible. With its sophisticated themes and accessible storytelling, I would recomm...

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