GREAT EXPECTATIONS:

Adjusting to a New Baby in the Family

SUBJECT HEADINGS:

Use the following headings to search the library catalogue by Subject:

Babies - juvenile fiction                                   Infants - juvenile fiction

Sisters- juvenile fiction                                     Siblings - juvenile fiction

Brothers - juvenile fiction                               Childbirth - juvenile literature

Brothers and sisters - juvenile fiction

STAFF FAVOURITES:

God Gave Us Two by Lisa Bergren   (Waterbrook Press, 2001)

Reaffirms the toddlers place in his parents' hearts, even with the arrival of a new sibling.

Billy and the Baby by Tony Bradman   (Barron's Educational Series, 1992)

Billy's family carefully prepare him for the changes he may experience with the arrival of a new baby, but he surprises them by making his own special gift for his new sibling.

All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan   (HarperCollins, 1994)

A boy discusses all the special places that he shares with his family and plans to show the new baby when it arrives.

Something Special by Nicola Moon   (Peachtree, 1997)

An older sibling is feeling neglected after the arrival of the new baby, until he discovers that he now has something very special to show his class at school.

Hello Baby! by Lizzy Rockwell   (Crown, 1999)

Excellent book describing the preparations a boy and his family make for the new baby - beginning with "feeling the baby kick inside the mother's tummy".

What to Expect When the New Baby Comes Home by Heidi E. Murkoff   (HarperCollins, 2001)

Helpful for parents when answering many of the questions young children will have about the care and development of their new baby.

OTHER RECOMMENDED TITLES:

Our Baby by Tony Bradman (London, EN:   HarperCollins, 1995)

I'm a Big Brother by Joanna Cole (New York, NY:   Morrow, 1997)

I'm a Big Sister by Joanna Cole (New York, NY:   Morrow, 1997)

Will There Be a Lap for Me? by Dorothy Corey (Morton Grove, I:  Albert Whitman, 1992)

The Baby Sister by Tomie DePaola (New York, NY:   Putnam, 1996)

My Big Brother by Valerie Fisher (New York, NY:   Atheneum, 2002)

My Big Sister by Valerie Fisher (New York, NY:   Atheneum, 2003)

New Big Sister by Debi Gliori (New York, NY:   Bradbury Press, 1992)

Hi New Baby by Robie H. Harris (Cambridge, MA:  Candlewick Press, 2000)

Big Like Me by Anna G. Hines (New York, NY:  Greenwillow Books, 1989)

When You Get a Baby by Sharon Jennings (Markham, ON:   Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2002)

Froggy's Baby Sister by Jonathan London (New York: Viking, 2003)

The New Baby by Mercer Mayer (New York, NY:   Western Publishing, 1983)

Baby Brother Blues by Maria Polushkin (New York, NY:   Bradbury Press, 1987)

Tom, Ally and the New Baby by Beth Robbins (New York, NY:   Dorling Kindersley, 2001)

Mommy's in the Hospital Having a Baby by Maxine B. Rosenberg (New York, NY:   Clarion Books, 1997)

Jenny's Baby Brother by Peter Smith (New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1984)

Ellen and Penguin and the New Baby by Clare Vulliamy (Cambridge, MA:   Candlewick Press, 1996)

When the Teddy Bears Came by Martin Waddell (Cambridge, MA:   Candlewick Press, 1995)

A Baby for Grace by Ian Whybrow (New York, NY:   Kingfisher Books, 1998)

A Baby Just Like Me by Susan Winter (New York, NY:   Dorling Kindersley, 1994)

VIDEOS:

Hey What About Me?   A Video Guide for Brothers and Sisters of New Babies by Kidvidz, 1987

A New Baby in the House by Children's Television Workshop, 1994

Children's Services, Red Deer Public Library/2004