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The New Baby Gets All The Attention: A Little Truths Book About a New Baby Sibling
Paperback
Series: Little Truths
FamilyGeneral Juvenile Fiction
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.08 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Everyone comes to visit Leo. Everyone says the same thing. Max says yes, gorgeous, every single time.
Privately, Max thinks Leo looks a bit like a potato. He does not say that part.
Leo cries a lot. At night, when the new baby is crying, Mum goes to him and does not come back for a long time. Max waits in his room and listens. Everyone says Max will love Leo soon. Max is not sure about that yet. Mum says that is okay. He does not have to know how he feels before he feels it.
Then one day Leo is awake. Max puts his finger near his hand. Leo grabs it and holds on. Max does not tell Mum. He just lets him hold on.
The New Baby Gets All the Attention is a warm, honest, quietly funny picture book for children ages 3-7 and preschoolers navigating sibling jealousy and the arrival of a second baby. Told entirely from Max's point of view as the older sibling. Not a story about instantly loving a new baby brother. A story about an older child who is polite on the outside and unsure on the inside, who gets permission not to know yet, and who finds connection in a small hand that will not let go.
Perfect for:
- Big brothers and big sisters adjusting to a new baby brother or sister
- Parents tired of hearing you'll love him soon with no room for honest feelings
- Families welcoming a second child and looking for an honest picture book
- Children who dislike the new baby crying at night
- School counselors, therapists, and early childhood educators
- Gifting to a family expecting or welcoming a new sibling
Illustrated in a warm, painterly watercolor style. Gentle, honest, and never talks down to children.
A note for grown-ups, with conversation starters, is included at the back.
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