Review/Giveaway: Once Upon a Baby Brother

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Hi! I'm Esmé, and I am three years old!  I've got a cool book to tell you about.  It is OURS!

It is about Lizzie and her baby brother, Marvin.  They are writing together on the same book - see the picture?

Lizzie likes to tell stories.  They make people cry.  They must be very sad.

Lizzie writes a book about her baby brother.  She really loves her baby brother.  He is a superhero!

I would write a book about Mom.  She wouldn't be a superhero, though.  She would be a princess!

I like this book.  What I like most are the pictures.

Title: Once Upon a Baby Brother
Author: Sarah Sullivan
Pictures by:  Tricia Tusa

Genre: Children's book ages 4-8
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Entry deadline: June 25, 2010

Restrictions: US only 

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Publisher:  Farrar Straus Giroux
Physical Description: 32-page hardcover
List Price: $16.99
ISBN: 978-0374346355
For More Info:  http://www.sarahsullivanbooks.com/babybrother.html 

Synopsis:

Lizzie loves to make up stories and tell them to anyone and everyone, even though now that her annoying baby brother, Marvin, has joined the family, no one has time to listen.  She's so full of ideas, it seems like nothing can stop her. And then one day, something does. What’s a star writer to do?

Lizzie finds inspiration where she least expects it in this funny picture book, illustrated with energy and pizzazz by award-winning artist Tricia Tusa.

About the Author:

Sarah Sullivan is the author of Dear Baby: Letters from Your Big Brother (0763621269), illustrated by Paul Meisel.  She lives in West Virginia.

Tricia Tusa’s  illustrations appear in many acclaimed picture books, including the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book In a Blue Room (978-0152059927) by Jim Averbeck.  She lives in New Mexico.

What Mom Liked:  This is a great book for a little girl with lots of imagination who loves to make up stories!  Esmé can definitely relate, though she doesn't have any little brothers who inspire stories of ugly princes and Marvinosauruses and Marvinfish...  It would also be a great book for a child with a smaller sibling, as it highlights the love and value that sibling adds to the family.

I loved the illustrations, just like Esmé!  Comical, full of little details that complement the story...  Soft without being girlie - so this book would work well with both genders.

And I love the Princess Merriweather pencil!  Perfect detail in the story that will appeal to princess-lovers everywhere.  Just an example of the little details in the story that make it easy for kids to relate to. 



What Mom Didn't Like:  Pretty much nothing...  Parts of it (the school settings) were a little old for my own daughter, so I'd stick with the 5-8 age recommendation, but this is definitely a book I'd recommend.

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Thanks to JKS Communications and Sarah Sullivan for the review and giveaway copies of this book, and to MamaBuzz for coordinating this blog tour.