Room for the Baby
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
UH-OH!
What's a family to do when there's a baby on the way but no place to put a crib?
The big brother-to-be is worried. His mom does have a sewing room, but its every nook and cranny is stuffed with cast-off items and outgrown clothes that people have given her to recycle and reuse—some day. Now that day has come—because the new arrival will need someplace to sleep and something to wear. So the resourceful mom gets to work, making new clothes from old to outfit the baby-to-be.
Inspired by her creativity, the neighbors get involved, and soon everyone is stitching and knitting something. As the months go by and the family celebrates the Jewish holidays from Passover to Hanukkah, big brother helps his mom get ready, too. But things move slowly and he continues to worry: will there ever be room for the baby?
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"When somebody had something they didn't need anymore, they gave it to my mom," says the son of a master seamstress. "Everyone knew Mom would put it all to good use." But when Mom announces at Passover that the narrator is going to be a big brother by Hanukkah and that the baby's room will be her former sewing room the boy wonders if his mother has met her match: "Could Mom really use up all that stuff before the baby is born?" Unfortunately, it's hard to believe readers will care all that much, especially since the narrator's role in the resolution is minimal and the enviable sewing room is hardly a hoarder's den how much room does a baby need, anyway? Edwards (The Hanukkah Trike) and Christy (You Are the Best Medicine) offer a sweet-natured chronicle of a mother's ingenuity and the collective joy shared by a tight-knit community at the prospect of a new arrival. But with Mom so unflappable and no displacement anxiety on the part of the boy, the narrative stakes are low and emotions remain even-keeled. Ages 3 6.
