Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for Baby? - Hardcover

Saltzberg, Barney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763635960 ISBN 13: 9780763635961

Publisher: Candlewick, 2009

Synopsis

New baby on the way? Cornelius’s comic charm will bring a smile to all those little piggies who are just a bit resistant to sharing their space.

There’s a new baby in the house. Is Cornelius P. Mud ready? Not really! The baby may be getting all the attention, but he isn’t very much fun. He can’t talk. He can’t eat. He can’t play. Can they send him back? Does Mom love the baby best? Of course, fans of Cornelius know that even the arrival of a sibling won’t get this resourceful little piggy down for long. When he trots out his good humor — and his gift for entertainment — he soon discovers that the new arrival can do something very special indeed.

About this title

About the Author:

Barney Saltzberg is the author-illustrator of all the Cornelius P. Mud books, as well as three stories about the endearing Stanley Birdbaum: CRAZY HAIR DAY, STAR OF THE WEEK, and STANLEY AND THE CLASS PET. He lives in Los Angeles

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 1—In his third picture-book outing, Cornelius P. Mud faces his biggest challenge yet: meeting his new baby brother. Like its predecessors, the book has a series of questions and answers, only this time Cornelius is the one asking the questions: "Can he play?" "Can he eat pizza?" "What CAN he do?" His sensitive mama answers all of them with love and patience. Saltzberg's delightfully childlike acrylic and pencil illustrations capture the trepidation of a youngster confronted with such a situation; Cornelius curls up in a corner of the room, as far from his mother and brother as possible, as he asks, "Do you love him more than you love me?," and his expression is the epitome of woe as he moans, "I wish we could send him back." At last he finds something the baby can do-be his little brother. Young readers will delight at Cornelius's "lullaby" for his new sibling: "When you're/a little older,/we will play.../BUT NOW/you're like a/lump of clay." Simultaneously sensitive and silly, this book hits all the right notes.—Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD
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About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0763635960
• ISBN 13: 9780763635961
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Saltzberg Barney