Changes

Changes

Anthony Browne

1996

 A unique approach to the story of a new baby in the family.  Anthony Browne uses his surrealist pictures to capture the curiosity and confusion and abstract wonder of the new change that Joseph's father says is coming to their house.

Baby, Come Out!

Baby, Come Out!
Fran Manushkin
illustrated by Ronald Himler 1972

 This book was in the waiting room at the Birth Center where I had my babies.  It might look odd but it's ultimately a sweet depiction of a pregnant woman and her family eagerly awaiting the birth of her baby.  The baby is content to stay right where she is while her mother goes about her day taking walks and painting.  Her older siblings and grandparents try to entice her out but it's not until her father shows her all the love that is awaiting her that she decides to arrive.  

The New Baby

 We too have a new baby in our family!  (Not mine, but my sister's, and we are all loving on her!).   I recently found this Eloise Wilkin Golden Book to add to our collection.  Written in the days when mom went off to the hospital and grandma came to stay (in this case it's "Aunt Pat"), it's fun to see all the outdated supplies needed for the baby.  While Wilkin's pictures are always so charming, there's some comical caricatures amongst the adults in this story!  And interestingly, not a single picture of a pregnant looking mom! 

The New Baby

Ruth and Harold Shane

illustrated by Eloise Wilkin

There's Going to be a Baby

There's Going to be a Baby

John Burningham

Helen Oxenbury

This is a sweet book to help introduce a new baby to a sibling.  There's no picture or mention of a dad, it's just the mom and the little boy.  Helen Oxenbury always draws such round headed children.  Here she's giving me a Jan Ormerod impression (in fact I picked up the book because I thought it was Ormerod's artwork).  Also I really like the pregnant mom's outfits!