Big Sisters Are the Best (Fiction Picture Books)

This book is excellent, perfect for our 22 month old daughter. The book depicts a culturally ambiguous family, and doesn’t specify whether the new baby is a girl or boy, which we really appreciate because it makes it easy to relate to. The family members depicted are brown-ish people with brown hair of varying textures. It highlights big sisterhood in terms of comparison, showing how baby is little and sister is big, babies drink bottles and sisters can eat fun things, etc., and showcases special ways big sisters can help in a safe way, even specifically warning not to pat the baby too hard. Also addresses to play quietly inside or to be noisy outside when the baby is asleep. I also love that it reassures the reader that there are plenty of hugs and kisses to go around, “especially for big sisters.” I wish this was available in a board book option, but overall, five stars! Our daughter loves it and it helps to point out what to expect when a baby joins the family. The narrator, the little girl who is a new big sister, states that it’s “Our baby,” taking ownership of the baby as a new member of the family. This will be my “big sister” gift for all my friends who are expecting!

Got this to surprise Kiddo (age 6) with and she loves it. I wrote a note from Mommy on the inside and pasted a few pics from the first ultrasound. Definitely easy for little ones to read and it made Kiddo really excited to be a big sister! She also took it to the grandparents' houses to read to them as our informal announcement, and everyone loved it :)Kiddo was also gifted with "Hello In There: A Waiting Book for Big Sisters" which is adorable and has areas to open up to "see" the baby waiting to come out to play. She LOVES this book as well and has read it about 15 times since she got it 3 days ago.

I was hesitant on what book to get for my 6 year old stepdaughter. I am having her baby brother and wanted to get a book that she could read to her brother and help her transition from being the only child to being a big sister. A lot of other books had reviews that said the books sort of spoke badly about the baby - how babies are stinky and cry too much and can't have any fun. I didn't want to get anything that left a negative impression on a child regarding her sibling. This book is very positive. No baby bashing here!This book does a lovely job of telling a story from the child's perspective. How the older sister can be helpful and also learn to play on her own and be quiet when baby is sleeping, how to be a good big sister. The only "downside" for me was the talking about Mommy and Daddy and how they took care of the big sister when she was a baby - and this was only a downside for me because I'm a stepmother - there are no pictures of me with my stepdaughter as a baby because I wasn't in their life yet. Not the fault of the book, but worth noting for any step parents who may want to be aware of it before buying it for their children. It will not deter me from giving this book to my stepdaughter, though.Also, my stepdaughter and my son are both mixed babies, so the fact that the children are tan/brown was a nice touch as well!

I bought this book for my 7 year old that was becoming a big sister. He brother gave her a gift basket after he was born and this was one of the items included. It’s short but it’s sweet and gets to the point. It worked out perfect that the illustrations resembled my daughter and son almost perfect! She loves to read it to her brother all the time. Very cute.

This is a great book for anyone with a toddler and a baby on the way. The only issue is that the big kid in this book can do things that your kiddo might not do. (Ex: “baby sleeps in a crib, but big girls sleep in a big girl bed.”) My toddler is still happily sleeping in a crib, so this gave her a bit of a complex. But otherwise this is the best book I’ve found for preparing your little to be a big sister.

Got this for my 20 month old daughter, love it! I’m hoping it helps prepare her for her baby brother/baby sister arriving in a few months. She brings it to me to read to her a lot and enjoys it which is important. She’s biracial (black/white) and all her books have white characters so I like that the characters in this have a darker complexion.

I bought this book for a friend who is expecting her second child and has a 2 1/2 year old little girl. This book is adorable and it is nice that it is a hard cover. The story is sweet, short and touches on a lot of different subjects which a little one experiences when a sibling is born. Love how it tells how the older child can be helpful and that she is still important to Mommy and Daddy. Highly recommend.

This book has appealing color illustrations to go with a well-told tale of what it will be like when a child becomes a big sister. Children who can not read will enjoy looking at the illustrations, and family members, child-care teachers, etc. will find this book helpful to introduce a change to the family structure.

I bought it as a present for somebody else. Story looked lovely.

great book for big sis, on the new arrival of a new baby sister. Lovely story good story to read

This book is great. My daughter loved it when she became a big sister and now reads it to her baby sister.

Lovely story perfect to give to a smallChildWhoHas just become a sister

After looking at numerous books for a new big sister I chose this one as it seemed the most appropriate. It was well received and the simple storyline was often read and enjoyed.