Overview

This charming, playful story-in-verse introduces children to a variety of different poetic forms while walking them through all the twists and turns of welcoming a new baby into the family. Mama is having a baby. Everything's starting to change. God, can you tell me what happened? Life is becoming so strange. Since the Baby Came offers a unique take on a timeless topic. The heartfelt and humorous drama unfolds completely in verse, addressing the full range of emotions a young child experiences when a new baby joins the family-from surprise and confusion to feelings of neglect and jealousy to wholehearted tenderness and affection. The book also introduces young children to the playfulness and fun of various forms of poetry, from senryu to villanelle. Look out! It's a diaper volcano! Forgive me for being abrupt. There isn't much time to explain-OH! That thing is about to erupt!

Full Product Details

Author:   Kathleen Long Bostrom ,  Janet Samuel
Publisher:   Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)
Imprint:   Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)
Dimensions:   Width: 22.30cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.289kg
ISBN:  

9780593577684

ISBN 10:   059357768
Pages:   40
Publication Date:   02 May 2023
Recommended Age:   From 3 to 7 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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“This book gently validates the emotions children experience when a new sibling arrives and offers assurance that all will be well.”—School Library Journal “Samuel’s unlined renderings . . . have a luminous softness that suits [Bostrom’s] combination of playfulness and loving kindness.”—Publishers Weekly

Author Information

Kathleen Long Bostrom is an award-winning author of over fifty books for children. Her books are published in over twenty languages. She is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA) who now writes full time. As a middle child, Kathy was both the new baby and the older sister who later became a mother of three herself. She knows whereof she rhymes! Janet Samuel is an illustrator who lives in a small town in Wales with her daughter, Alice, and scruffy terrier, Tilly. Janet has illustrated books for many publishers, including Macmillan, Usbourne, Little Tiger Press, Scholastic, and Lion Hudson. She is happiest with a pencil or paintbrush in hand.

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