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Swanson, Matthew

Babies Ruin Everything

40 pp. | Imprint | July, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-08057-8 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-250-08596-2
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Robbi Behr. Initially, the young narrator doesn't like her new baby brother: she's forced to "whisper while playing Zombie Attack," etc. Would modern parents really not prepare their child for a new baby's arrival? Would this narrator really be surprised when the baby doesn't say "thank you"? Swanson eschews verisimilitude for laughs, which Behr dials up to eleven in her mixed-media art.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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