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List Price: $16.99 | | Publisher: HarperCollins
Salesrank: 60264
Released: June 24, 2008 |
| Our Price: $8.50 |
| Used Price: $7.84 |
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| Media: Hardcover |
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Editorial Review:
Becoming a big sister is a big event! There's so much to share—and do—and celebrate!
Beloved actress, author, and mother Brooke Shields paints a warm and loving picture of the joys of sisterhood in this merry book with exuberant artwork by the talented Cori Doerrfeld.
Welcome to Your World, Baby Reviews:
Sweet, but Rhythmically Challenged 
2008-09-22 - Reviewed by Christina Wantz Fixemer
on 09/21/2008
This picture book is full of sweet sentiment and darling illustrations. It isn't a story so much as a promise of things to come between sisters. The excitement of having a new baby in the house is a big deal to older siblings, and this shines through.
As a read-aloud book, however, it is difficult to get into a decent rhythm. The prose is laid out to look as though it is rhythmic, so, while reading to my own daughter, I kept feeling off kilter. This may seem like a nitpicky thing to say, but try reading it aloud, and the difficulty will make sense. Brooke Shields is, without a doubt, an intelligent and soulful person, but that doesn't always translate into a gift for writing. The big sister's lines are full of heart but awkwardly written. Sometimes it rhymes, then it doesn't. This contributes to the stumbling I feel when I read this one aloud.
Awkward rhythm aside, this is a sweet book that would be nice for girls who are soon-to-be big sisters (or who already are!).
Note: My daughter became a big sister to a little brother last fall, but she still found this book delightful and relevant. But don't ask her what "relevant" means. ;-)
welcome to your world baby 
2008-09-15 - I was expecting a little more from this book, my granddaughter just have a little sister and I send it to her, and my son said she was not very interested
Adoreable book but only for sisters! 
2008-08-18 - I bought this book after reading great reviews. I was a little disappointed because I did not read carefully enough about the book and it is strictly about "Sisterhood". I bought it for my niece who is going to be a big sister and we do not know the gender of the baby! Still a really cute book!
Great book for a soon to be big sister
2008-08-12 - Reviewed by Cayden (age 4) and Max (age 2) Aures and Mom for Reader Views (7/08)
"Welcome to Your World, Baby" is a story about being a big sister. From helping decorate the new baby's room, to helping at bath time, to having secret sleepovers, the job of a being a big sister is a very important one!
Cayden: "The baby is coming home from the hospital, like you did when you were a baby Max! Except this baby is a girl and you are a boy."
Max: "Baby come home."
Cayden: "There is a lot of pink in that room!"
Cayden: "Why does she say feet smell good and she wants to eat them? Feet don't smell good!"
Max: "No, no!"
Cayden: "I teach Max ABC's too, just like she is doing!"
Max: "ABC!"
Cayden: "We play dress-up too, but not like princesses!"
Cayden: "Is a drip castle like a sand castle?"
Cayden: "I liked the pictures and my favorite part was when the baby came home from the hospital."
Parent's comments:
"Welcome to Your World, Baby" by Brooke Shields would be the perfect book to get for a girl who is going to have a new baby sister. It shows all of the fun things that the two girls could do together and what she is going to have to look forward to. The illustrations in the book are very colorful, eye-catching, and fun! The book is definitely geared towards girls, but still my two sons enjoyed it, and could relate to a lot of the things that the two sisters did together.
An Instant Favorite
2008-07-28 - I bought this book for my 2 girls, 4 and 7, who are also about to have a new sister join them in a few months. My four-yr old just loves this book! It highlights all of the best things about being an older and younger sister- in a very sweet and simple way.
