The New Baby at Your House

The New Baby at Your House
by Joanna Cole

List Price: ~~$6.99~~
Our Price: $1.49
You Save: $5.50 (79%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions

Book Summary Information

Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Margaret Miller
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-03-23
ISBN: 0688166989
Number of pages: 48
Publisher: HarperCollins

Book Reviews of The New Baby at Your House

Book Review: The best book for upset siblings
Summary: 5 Stars

I read this book many many times to my children as they expected new siblings (we have three kids). Now I am buying it for my nephew. The reason this book is different from other "New Baby" books is that it gives young children a voice for the often strong negative feelings of having a new sibling. Young kids, preschoolers and younger, can't put words to their emotions. This book shows young children who are angry at their new baby brother or sister, feel they are being abandoned by their parents, feel ignored, feel they don't get any attention anymore, can't stand the sound of crying, hate the smell of diapers that need changing, and more. Your child may not tell you he/she feels these things, but believe me, they all do.
Many parents think that if they keep telling their older child how wonderful the new baby is, and what a big boy/girl their older child is, and "be nice to your new baby," that it will sink in. Well it doesn't work. Older kids are very hurt/threatened/scared but the entry of a new baby in the home. Many liken it to the feelings a woman would have in her husband came home one evening with a new, younger wife and said, "Look what I brought you! Don't worry, I will still love you, even though I love my new wife very much, and I will still have time for you, even though I won't have as much. I want you to love my new wife just like I do, and help her out, because you are older and can do more." HA! Once a young child can see that he/she is not alone in having negative feelings, and can put words to those emotions, they can work on them, explain them to you, and believe it or not, they tend to abate.

Write your own review

More The New Baby at Your House reviews:
1 2 3

Summary of The New Baby at Your House

It's natural for children to be concerned about the arrival of a new baby at their house. Most big brothers and sisters feel loving and tender one minute, angry or jealous the next. With over forty vivid full-color photographs and a clear, supportive text by award-winning author Joanna Cole, this revised edition of a much-loved classic will prepare children for the ups and downs of having a new baby in the house.

"Should help small children sort out and deal with the turbulent mixed feelings that assail them when a new baby comes home." --Benjamin Spock, MD., author of Baby and Child Care

New Baby Books

Book Subjects

Most talked about in New Baby Books

Grow! Babies!
by Penny Gentieu
Crown Books for Young Readers; Published: 2000-01-25; Library Binding; Book
Price in other shops: ~~$14.99~~

I'm Your Peanut Butter Big Brother
by Selina Alko
Knopf Books for Young Readers; Published: 2009-03-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $0.97
Price in other shops: ~~$16.99~~

Once Upon a Baby Brother
by Sarah Sullivan
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); Published: 2010-06-08; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.49
Price in other shops: ~~$16.99~~

Hello Peanut! (Hodder Toddler)
by Rachel Anderson, Debbie Harter
Hodder & Stoughton; Published: 2003-02-01; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops: ~~$8.99~~

What Baby Needs (Sears Children's Library) Image

What Baby Needs (Sears Children's Library)
by William Sears, Martha Sears, Christie Watts Kelly
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Published: 2001-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.99
Price in other shops: ~~$12.99~~

Arthur's Baby (Arthur Adventures)
by Marc Brown
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Published: 1990-04-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.95
Price in other shops: ~~$6.99~~

Just Like a Baby
by Rebecca Bond
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Published: 1999-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $103.14

It's Going to Be Perfect (Picture Puffin Books)
by Nancy Carlson
Puffin; Published: 2000-07-01; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops: ~~$5.99~~

A Monster in the House
Puffin; Published: 2001-03-19; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $17.61

On the Day You Were Born
by Debra Frasier
Harcourt; Published: 1992-09; Audio Cassette; Book
Price in other shops: ~~$7.95~~

Similar Books and other products

I'm Going to Be a Big Sister!
by Brenda Bercun
Nurturing Your Children Press; Published: 2007-04-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops: ~~$15.95~~

Hello Baby!
by Lizzy Rockwell
Dragonfly Books; Published: 2000-07-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.47
Price in other shops: ~~$6.99~~

I'm a Big Brother
by Joanna Cole
HarperFestival; Published: 2010-01-05; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.00
Price in other shops: ~~$6.99~~

On Mother's Lap
by Ann Herbert Scott
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN; Sandpiper; Published: 1992-03-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.24
Price in other shops: ~~$6.95~~

Waiting for Baby (My New Baby)
by Rachel Fuller
Child's Play (International) Ltd; Published: 2009-04-01; Board book; Book
Best price: $2.84
Price in other shops: ~~$4.99~~

The New Baby (Paperstar)
by Fred Rogers
Puffin; Published: 1996-06-18; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.03
Price in other shops: ~~$6.99~~

The New Baby
by Mercer Mayer
Books; Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 2001-03-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.03
Price in other shops: ~~$3.99~~

My New Baby
Books; Childs Play Intl Ltd; Published: 2009-04-01; Board book; Book
Best price: $2.21
Price in other shops: ~~$4.99~~

I'm a Big Sister
by Joanna Cole
HarperFestival; Published: 2010-01-05; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.98
Price in other shops: ~~$6.99~~