Julius, the Baby of the World

I have given this book to parents of rivalrous older siblings of infants for years. Everyone loves the humor and the illustrations, and the older kids get the point right away.

Such a fun book to read to my toddler who was becoming a big brother!

Back when our kids were little and I worked at their grade school library, I would bring this book home to read to them, and they loved it. My husband would read Lily's words in a silly voice and I would be the narrator. So, it was a great family event to read this book. I've been giving it to the grandparents of a new baby in a family of older children as a gift. Some reviewers giving this book a low score mention that they feel the book describes the big sister acting totally inappropriately and saying mean things to the new baby. Sorry, but this pretty much happens in real life. But in the book and in real life, the parents keep encouraging the big sister to be nice and say nice things, and in the end-----she does and hopefully all the big brothers and sisters in the real world do, too!

Such a great book! Way back in the ‘90s, my mom gave this book to my oldest sister when she was pregnant with me, then the book went to me when our youngest sister came along. It became a tradition in our family to hand this book down every time a baby was born. I thought I’d continue the tradition when my friend was having her second child. The book was great, just how I remembered it! Quality was great, story was great, and the memories priceless!

I bought this as a gift for my stepson and he loves this book!

I purchased this book to use for a vocabulary lesson for my first grade students. The story itself is very cute. It is about a girl who gets a baby brother and doesn't understand why he gets all the attention. This would be great to get for a child who is about to become a first time sibling or loose their youngest in the family position. All Kevin Henkes books are perfect for vocabulary lessons, he typically uses the same style of writing throughout his books. Students love the stories and pictures. I would say every teacher should have a copy in their personal library!

Love this book for a older sibling. I bought this book for my daughter when she first became a big sister and she LOVED it. She's now almost 30 and shares a special bond with her sister.

This is the best book ever for a soon to be, or brand new, big sister or brother. My dad gave this to our daughter when her baby brother was born twenty plus years ago, and I have been buying it for other second-sibling-on-the-way families ever since. The story is laugh-out-loud entertaining for adults, and gives voice to what an older sibling may be feeling but perhaps cannot articulate. It's reassuring for all involved, normalising the mixed feelings a big brother or sister often has when a new baby arrives on the scene and doesn't go away. I love this book. My daughter still quotes it. Well worth every penny.  Julius, the Baby of the World

The book condition was disgusting!! Covered in stale food stuck to the pages!! I had to carefully clean it & dry it before giving it to my granddaughter. Not the condition I expected.

Very funny

Excellent

O livro ajudará seu primeiro filho a lidar com sentimentos negativos em relação à chegada de um segundo filho. A estória é bem elaborada e tem um final bastante realista.

This book, perhaps now out of print, is a delightful story to support any little ones experiencing sibling rivalry at the birth of a new baby.