Our Teacher's Having a Baby
Kindergarten-Grade 2–Eve Bunting's warm picture book (Clarion, 1992) receives excellent treatment in this read-along version. Mrs. Neal's first grade class of youngsters experience excitement, anxiety, and bewilderment at the prospect of their beloved teacher having a baby. The class activities related to her pregnancy will be an inspiration for other teachers. The dramatization is very well done, featuring both adult and child actors, with distinctive voices for each of the characters nicely matching their depictions in Diane de Groat's watercolor illustrations. The narration caters to its young audience by including brief but clear instructions for navigating the audio. One side of the cassette has page-turn sound effects and musical interludes to ensure small fingers have an opportunity to turn the page before the narration resumes.  Listeners are sure to enjoy this engaging and well-paced version of an excellent book.–Jennifer Iserman, Dakota County Library, Burnhaven Branch, Burnsville, MNCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.