This is such a cute picture book story. This little boy, who is about four years old, thinks his baby sister is no good. This is because he couldn’t be loud when she was sleeping. He had to share his things. She cried and cried when he wanted to do something quiet like read or watch a movie. Lastly, she put everything in her mouth and wrecked things. It sounds to me like sibling jealousy. I’m sure John was used to having all of the attention and now he has to compromise his time and activities with his baby sister. This is certainly something that many families have to deal with when adding a new family member. It takes time and the adjustment isn’t always easy. I admire the mother and how she handled John. She was always very calm and respectful of John’s emotions and really encouraged him to express his feelings. Also, when the baby did something good she pointed it out to John in hopes that he would reconsider his negative thoughts about his sister. In my opinion, the mother’s patience and understanding is beyond a doubt what helped this transition go smoothly. It looks like the illustrations were made from watercolors. Some of the pages almost look like they were moving. It was well coordinated with words on each page. It is a very witty and comical storyline. I believe this book can be very beneficial to young children because of the direction they took throughout the story to make it more family oriented.
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