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Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012 | Younger Fiction
Spring arrives for first-grader Monty, and along with it comes his new baby sister, Mother's Day, the Memorial Day parade wi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on July 1, 2012
Johanna Hurwitz writes with warmth, incorporating gentle humor throughout the story. Older siblings especially may identify with Monty having a new sister (“I like being big enough to be a big brother,” he says). At first Monty is a little disheartened that Mandy isn’t an immediate playmate, though he soon adjusts: “She can’t really do anything yet except eat and burp and sleep and cry. But she l...Log In or Sign Up to Read More