Waiting for Baby [With Nursery Door Hanger]

by Harriet Ziefert

Includes a gift for the new baby! Max does everything he can think of the encourage his new sibling to be born. He's convinced that the baby will never arrive--until the day comes when Daddy takes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805059296
• ISBN13: 9780805059298
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 1 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Our new favorite book

We checked this book out from the library during my pregnancy. The baby is 2 months old and we are just returning the book now. My older girls love this book. The baby was overdue, just like in the story so they could really identify. My two year old almost know s the book by heart.

Great for Toddlers!

It can be very difficult to find a book that discusses the "waiting" process before a new sibling arrives in a family. It is even more difficult to find a book that will keep the attention of a 2 1/2 year old. This book covers all of these obstacles and my son LOVES it!This book discusses a boy named Max waiting for his new sibling to arrive (sister). He does all sorts of things to get the baby's attention inside his mommy's tummy. You can be creative in the way you read this book to your child ,and he/she will find even more enjoyment in the inside cover pages that show the year before the baby is born, and the year after the baby is born.This book was worth every penny I spent for it!

My 3 -and-1/2-year-old son loves this book!

We're expecting our second child in a few months, and my son (3 and 1/2) loves the idea that he is going to be a "big brother." This book really highlights some of the feelings he's got -- even though our delivery is months away, not days. We especially like the pages printed on the inside-front and inside-rear covers, which show vignettes from the year in which the baby is born (including full term of pregnancy) and the year after the baby is born. Every time we sit down to read this book, we end up having a half-hour conversation about how my son is going to be such a big helper when the baby comes.

Great story!

I bought this book for my 2 1/2 year old nephew when we found out he is going to be a big brother (of course, the fact that his name is Max clinched the sale!). This book is his current favorite...he knows it by heart and likes to "read" it on his own or to others. The story is written in the third person, but at a level that he can understand and relate to. My nephew especailly loves to look at the pictures in the front and back cover (which depict the year leading up to the baby's birth and the year following the baby's birth) and the two pages where Max does special things with his parents (ride his bike, play ball, go on a long walk, etc.) My next purchase will be a story about living with a new baby, since this one was such a big hit!

Hurry Up, Baby!

My mother gave this book to my 3 year old daughter when she started to become very impatient for her new little brother to arrive. It is a fun story about how Max deals with his frustration that his new baby sister is taking her time in being born. He even tries a little reverse psychology! My daughter loved this book, and still wants to read it even though her "new baby" brother is now 6 months old!