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Summary: Great book
Review: I love all the Kevin Henkes books, but this one is my favorite. My son (2) loves the book and the pictures. I like the premise that Lily has about not being thrilled to have a little brother but finds herself surprisingly protective of him in the end. Very similar to my own experience. I especially love all the little comments inserted into the pictures, we can't get through a reading without mentioning those as well.
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Summary: The perfect big sister gift
Review: If you are trying to find a little something for a "big sister" when you are going to heap adoration on a family's new additon, you should look no futher than this book. A delightful story that lets kids know that they are not alone in their ambiguous feelings about their new sibling.
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Summary: If you want children to love literature read them this book!
Review: Kevin Henkes has written some wonderful books but Juilus steals my passion for reading. Everytime I read this story and act out Lilly's intolerable personality towards her baby brother Julius my students go wild. They especially love the part when Lilly is bending over the crib telling Julius the wrong order of the ABC's and 123's. I plan on buying all of Kevin Henkes books. I already have Chester's Way, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Shelia Rae the Brave, Chrysanthemum, A Weekend With Wendell, and Jessica. He is a great author and his books exhibit his talent.
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Summary: Irrepressible Lilly!
Review: Kevin Henkes' Lilly is one of those delightfully unforgettable characters in children's literature. Her reactions to her new baby brother, Julius, are intense as they range from resentment to devotion. Lilly's outrageous responses to Julius could help validate a child's feelings toward a new baby in the family.Don't miss John Schindel's "Frog Face: My Little Sister & Me," which explores similar feelings and includes very appealing photographs.
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Summary: Lilly is a star!!!
Review: Lilly makes our night, she consistantly make our four year old crack-up (and us). If you like to read to your kids, these books are great fun. It leaves you wanting more. Also try chesters way.
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Summary: Julius the Baby
Review: Lilly thought having a baby was going to be the best.Well, she was wrong!She hated Julius, her baby brother.Find out why when you read Julius the Baby of the World. I liked the book and I think it is funny as well.
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Summary: Julius, the Baby of the World
Review: Lilly, an active mouse, stars in Julius, the Baby of the World, by Kevin Henkes. It stars Lilly who loves Julius. But when he is born she hates him. She hates how her parents kiss his wet pink nose and how they stroke his soft white fur and admire his small black eyes. Lilly has to share her room. They want Julius to grow up big and strong like Lilly. But when her parents aren't looking, Lilly has her own ideas. Lilly's parents are doubtful about leaving them together alone. Lilly scares him and ignores him. Lilly spends more time in the uncooperative chair. Lilly hates him, but her parents love him. She warns her friends about him and other people. My opinion is if you like a nice humored book with good pictures, this is your book. I love the way the colors work together. So go...get Julius, the Baby of the World.
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Summary: Can't get enough of Lily!
Review: Lily's Mom is pregnant, and she can't wait for the new baby. Things take a dramatic turn for the worse, though, when baby Julius actually arrives. Lily stops singing to the baby, takes back "presents" she "gave" him before he came, and tries to manipulate his future thinking capabilities by reciting numbers and the alphabet out of order. She also spends more than her share of time in the "uncooperative chair". Once her Cousin Garland voices her digust at baby Julius, however, Lily becomes the fiercely protective older sister and learns to love her new baby brother in the process. This book is my 3 year old daughter's new favorite, since she has a 2 year old brother and another brother arriving in approx. 3 months. A great gift for any older siblings-to-be, especially girls. Kevin Henkes always seems to have a book that deals with one childhood trauma or another, and we just can't get enough of them!
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Summary: Can't get enough of Lily!
Review: Lily's Mom is pregnant, and she can't wait for the new baby. Things take a dramatic turn for the worse, though, when baby Julius actually arrives. Lily stops singing to the baby, takes back "presents" she "gave" him before he came, and tries to manipulate his future thinking capabilities by reciting numbers and the alphabet out of order. She also spends more than her share of time in the "uncooperative chair". Once her Cousin Garland voices her digust at baby Julius, however, Lily becomes the fiercely protective older sister and learns to love her new baby brother in the process. This book is my 3 year old daughter's new favorite, since she has a 2 year old brother and another brother arriving in approx. 3 months. A great gift for any older siblings-to-be, especially girls. Kevin Henkes always seems to have a book that deals with one childhood trauma or another, and we just can't get enough of them!
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Summary: I wouldn't have bought this if I'd read it first
Review: Maybe this book would be a good thing for an older child who could understand that the behavior described in the book might be meant as something funny and not be OK to try, but I don't plan to read it to my 2 1/2 year old. It features a big sister who is having a tough adjustment to a new little brother (so far so good), but it goes into descriptions of a degree of negativity and acting out that I am not really looking to introduce my child to or read about over and over. The new big sister is pictured leaning over the baby's crib saying: "I hate you. You're ugly." In our family, we just don't talk to each other like that. The girl makes up a story for her brother in which she says he is a germ, a zero, like dust under the bed, like dirt...If my child had come up with doing this sort of thing on her own, I'd have to think hard about whether reading a story like this would be helpful. Since she hasn't come up with this kind of behavior, I don't really want to plant the seeds by reading this together. I thought Susan Winter's A Baby Just Like Me was much better, and my daughter loves that book. I also liked Geraldine's Baby Brother.
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