Book Descriptions
for Little Rabbit's New Baby by Harry Horse
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
The topic of siblings and new babies is a familiar one in the realm of children’s picture books. This emotional terrain is delicately and humorously traversed in a story offering great appeal to young readers (especially if their “only child” status is about to change) and a few details deliberately intended for an adult audience. At first overjoyed with the idea of being a big brother, Little Rabbit’s expectations shift when he visits Mama in the rabbit hospital (an extremely productive unit, as evidenced by the wall-to-wall beds). “But there wasn’t just one baby. There were three babies! Papa had to sit down. The nurse gave him a cup of tea. Three babies!” There are other surprises in store for the new big brother—his baby siblings aren’t ready to play or keep company the way Little Rabbit anticipates. With time, everyone grows into their new roles in this well-paced, delightfully illustrated picture book. (Ages 3–6)
CCBC Choices 2009. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2009. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
This is the perfect picture book for any new big brother or sister! Mama is expecting a baby and Little Rabbit is very excited at the thought of a brand new brother or sister - all the games they can play and the hopping to be done! But Mama surprises everyone with the birth of three babies and suddenly life in the burrow changes. From being a very proud big brother, Little Rabbit soon realises that the babies might not be all the fun he first thought. They take up all Mama and Papa's time, they're always crying, they get their sticky paws on his toys, and they follow him around everywhere! But those baby rabbits love their big brother and it's not long before Little Rabbit starts loving them back and making Mama and Papa very proud of him.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.