Lisa's Baby Sister (Gaspard and Lisa Books)
PreSchool-Grade 1-Another humorous and kid-friendly book about two engaging dogs. Lisa is not pleased about the impending arrival of a new sibling. "My mom has been pregnant for a very long time, and I am tired of it.- She's too fat to play on the seesaw with me. There's a baby in her belly, and I don't like it." She goes so far as to suggest names for the new arrival: "Doofus" for a girl or "Goofus" for a boy. Gaspard, ever her good friend, vows to ignore the new baby, promising to "pretend that it didn't exist." Predictably, when Lila arrives, Lisa discovers that her baby sister isn't so bad after all. As with previous titles, this small book is perfect for one-on-one or small-group sharing. Hallensleben's acrylic paintings are pigment-rich, creating a sophisticated yet appealing sense of city life. The hand-lettered text is also quite childlike yet clear and legible. Libraries owning other titles in the series will definitely want to pick this one up, as will libraries looking for more simple and amusing books about new babies.Piper L. Nyman, Fairfield/Suisun Community Library, Fairfield, CACopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.