Janine and the New Baby
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The illustration on our cover is by Ruth Brown and is taken from her latest book Ladybird, Ladybird published by Andersen Press (0 86264 200 0, £5.95). We are grateful to Andersen Press for help in using this.
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Illustrated by Jennifer Northway
This is a pleasant story about Janine and how her mother goes into hospital to have a new baby. It is told simply and is likely to be similar to many other children's experiences; it is reassuring because Janine is looked after by a favourite aunt and taken to see her mother and the new baby in hospital.
This would be a most useful story for any child looking forward to having a new brother or sister. Any small worries are ironed out as the child in the story discusses the baby's arrival with her friends at nursery school. The ending is happy because the new baby, a sister, smiles at the new big sister. The baby is described as 'brown' and Janine and her family are Afro-Caribbean, another interesting dimension for the book.
