The Trouble With Baby by Marisabina Russo is a story about a typical middle class family with one boy and one girl. The brother, Sam, and sister, Hannah, get along perfectly until Hannah has a birthday party. Hannah receives a baby doll that she instantly becomes attached to. She brings Baby everywhere with her and soon Sam become jealous. Sam starts to play with his teddy bear as a replacement to Hannah. However, Hannah realizes that Baby can't replace Sam and they make up. They become inseparable again. After reading this book, I realized how perfect the plot line is. Perfect family, little fight, make-up, perfect family. In real life, things don't always work out like that. I also found it ironic how Hannah takes on a motherly role when she receives the baby doll but before she had the baby doll, she played lots of other games with Sam. There wasn't anything that truly caught my eye in this book but it would be an easy read for younger children.
Marissa,
ReplyDeleteThanks for being honest about the lack of creativity in this book. The cover looks like it could be entertaining. I also liked the fact that even though you were not the biggest fan of this book you would still consider carrying it in your library because of its ease of text.