FICTION

I'm Big Now!

by Anthea SIMMONS
I'm Big Now! illus. by Georgie Birkett. 32p. Lerner. Mar. 2017. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781512439472.
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PreS—The addition of a new baby is life-changing for every member of a family and can be especially challenging for a sibling. Rhyming text and playful, cartoonlike illustrations tell the story of welcoming a new sibling from the point of view of a big sister. At first, she regresses and wants to wear her baby clothing and sleep in her old baby bed, but her parents lovingly encourage her to be a "big girl," and she delights in the ability to do things that her baby brother cannot. Though this is incidental to the story line, the narrator is part of an interracial family and background characters are also diverse. Briticisms, such as "Mummy" and "nappy," used throughout may cause a bit of confusion but will not deter readers.
VERDICT Recommended for general purchase, especially for picture book collections in need of new baby and sibling-to-be titles.
Reviewed by Kristen Todd-Wurm, Middle Country Public Library, NYElementary , Apr 01, 2017

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