Stan Berenstain
The Berenstain Bears' New Baby
Small Bear outgrows the bed his father made him when he was a baby - and none too soon.

Judy Blume
The Pain and the Great One
A six-year-old (The Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (The Great One) see each other as troublemakers and the best-loved in the family.

Marc Brown
Arthur's Baby
Arthur isn't sure he is happy about the new baby in the family, but when his sister asks for his help in handling the baby, Arthur feels much better.

Dorothy Corey
Will There be a Lap for Me?
Kyle misses his time on Mother's lap while she is pregnant and is happy when the birth of his baby brother makes her lap available again.

Jamie L'ee Curtis
Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born
A young girl asks her parents to tell her again the cherished family story of her birth and adoption.

Tomie dePaola
The Baby Sister
When he learns that his mother is going to have a baby, Tommy is very excited and hopes that the baby will be a sister.

Cathryn Falwell
We Have a Baby
The arrival of a new baby is a cause for celebration, presenting opportunites to love, watch, touch, and care for the new family member.

Michael Foreman
Ben's Baby
Ben asks his parents for a baby for his next birthday and by the time it comes around he has a baby brother.

Debra Frasier
On the Day You Were Born
The earth celebrates the birth of a newborn baby.

Robie H Harris
Happy BIRTHday!
A mother tells her child about its first day of life from the moment of birth through the end of the birth day.

Anna Grossnickle Hines
Big Like Me
A baby tells his baby sister all the things he will show her as she grows, from snow and bouncing high to making faces and blowing out candles.

Ezra Jack Keats
Peter's Chair
When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away.

Holly Keller
Geraldine's Baby Brother
Geraldine resents all the attention her baby brother gets, until she spends some time with him.

Rose A. Lewis
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
A woman describes how she went to China to adopt a special baby girl. Based on the author's own experiences.

Patricia Polacco
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
After losing running, climbing, throwing, and burping competitions to her obnoxious older brother, a young girl learns the true meaning of family.

Joan Robbins
My Brother, Will
A boy notices all of the changes in his baby brother, Will, as he grows from a very young infant to independently walking toddler.

Ann Herbert Scott
On Mother's Lap
A small Eskimo boy discovers that Mother's lap is a very special place with room for everyone.

Linda Shute
How I Named the Baby
As he waits for the baby to be born, a young boy and his family try to come up with the best name possibl. Includes lists of girl's and boy's names and their meanings.

Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
We'll Paint the Octopus Red
Emma and her father discuss what they will do when the new baby arrives, but they adjust their expectations when he is born with Down Syndrome.

Mildred Pitts Walter
My Mama Needs Me
Jason wants to help, but isn't sure that his mother needs him at all after she brings home a new baby from the hospital.

Valentine P. Wasson
The Chosen Baby
Because they want to share their home with children, a couple adopt a boy and later a girl.

Frieda Wishinsky
Oonga Boonga
Big brother Daniel seems to have just the right touch when it comes to making Baby Louise stop crying.

Nonfiction Books

Before You Were Born
by Margaret Sheffield
Describes what life is like for a baby growing inside its mother's womb during the months before birth, and what it is like to be born. (J612.63)

How You Were Born
by Joanna Cole
Text and photos explain how a baby is conceived, how it grows inside the mother's womb, and how it is born. (J612.63)

It's A Baby!
by George Ancona
Observes an infant's development during the months between his birth and first birthday. (J612.6)

Mommy Laid An Egg: or Where DO Babies Come From?
by Babette Cole
Two children explain to their parents, using their own drawings, where babies come from. (J649.657)