Bookarazzi: Big Sister Books for Violet Affleck

According to the November 24, 2008, issue of Life Style Weekly, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck’s daughter, Violet, has received three books to help her prepare to become a big sister. The books are:

I’m Going to be a Big Sister!

by Brenda Bercun (Author), Sue Gross (Illustrator)

Reading level: Baby-Preschool

Hardcover: 32 pages

Publisher: Nurturing Your Children Press (March 15, 2006)

Synopsis: Amanda’s mommy is pregnant and Amanda is going to be a big sister. In this story Amanda learns about preparing for the new baby’s arrival and what it truly means to be a big sister. Winner of the iParenting Media Book Awards Best of 2007.

I’m a Big Sister

by Joanna Cole (Author), Maxie Chambliss (Illustrator)

Reading level: Baby-Preschool

Hardcover: 32 pages

Publisher: HarperCollins (April 25, 1997)

Synopsis: Warm, loving pictures accompany this upbeat look at how a family grows when a new baby comes home. A companion volume to I’m a Big Brother.

Katy Duck, Big Sister

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (Author), Henry Cole (Illustrator)

Reading level: Baby-Preschool

Board book: 14 pages

Publisher: Little Simon (September 11, 2007)

Synopsis: Can Katy Duck learn to share the spotlight? Katy Duck’s little brother, Emmett Duck, is cute, small, cuddly…and he’s getting all of the attention! Katy is no longer center stage — and she’s not happy about it. Read along as Katy twirls, spins, and leaps her way through this amusing story and learns an important lesson — in her own charming Katy way!

Here a two more that I think are fabulous big sister books:

Welcome to Your World, Baby

by Brooke Shields (Author), Cori Doerrfeld (Illustrator)

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Hardcover: 32 pages

Publisher: HarperCollins (June 24, 2008)

Synopsis: Becoming a big sister is a big event! There’s so much to share—and do—and celebrate!

Beloved actress, author, and mother Brooke Shields paints a warm and loving picture of the joys of sisterhood in this merry book with exuberant artwork by the talented Cori Doerrfeld.

How to be a Baby by Me the Big Sister

by Sally Lloyd-Jones (Author), Sue Heap (Illustrator)

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Hardcover: 40 pages

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade (February 13, 2007)

Synopsis: Take it from the narrator of this book, an all-knowing big sister: when you’re a baby you don’t read books. You eat them. You don’t know how old you are, or even if you’re a boy or a girl. And you have to keep a special plug in your mouth to stop your scream from coming out. But one day, you won’t be little anymore, and then you’ll be taller and smarter, and actually quite clever. Like the narrator. And you’ll be able to share memories of what it was like when you were little with your incredible Big Sister.