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Title: Sibling Book Personalized Book
Manufacturer: Create-A-Book (Hefty Publishing Company)
Seller: Personalized Books by MadLuck Books
Description: A personalized story teaching how to cope with the arrival of a new baby.

Here's the whole story with samples of the illustrations (Personalized information is in red here, but not in the ordered books):

Title page
A New Baby
in
Jessica's Family

Pages 1 & 2 - Illustration Pages

Page 3
This book was created
especially for
Jessica Ann Smith
at the age of 7
With love from
Mommy and Daddy
August 10, 2006

Page 4

Once there was a little girl named Jessica, age 7. She lived in Warrenton. One day, something very exciting happened at Jessica's home. A brand new baby boy came to stay.

Pages 5 & 6 - Illustration Pages

Page 7

"This is our new baby," everyone said to Jessica. "His name is Alex." Jessica could hardly believe it. "Wow!" Jessica said out loud. "I'm Alex's big sister! I wonder what this is going to be like."

Page 8

From that day on, Jessica began to discover what it was like to have a new baby brother in her family. The first thing Jessica noticed was that everyone seemed very happy. Jessica also noticed that everyone seemed very busy.

Pages 9 & 10 - Illustration Pages

Page 11

There was always a flurry of activity around Alex. Friends, relatives, and neighbors were dropping in all of the time. Everyone wanted to come for a visit, and everyone wanted to see the new baby.

Page 12

Alex was very nice to look at, but he wasn't able to talk, walk, or play! He wasn't even able to sit up by himself. There were only two things he could do! He could sleep, and he could cry. Little Alex was pretty good at sleeping, and he was very good at crying.

Pages 13 & 14 - Illustration Pages

Page 15

Alex needed a lot of attention. He had to be washed in warm, soapy water; the water had to be just warm enough and just soapy enough. He had to be dried with a soft, fluffy towel; the towel had to be just soft enough and just fluffy enough. He had to be dressed in special clothes and fed special food. Everyone had to be very quiet, so that little Alex could get to sleep.

Page 16

It wasn't just friends, relatives, and neighbors who wanted to see Alex. There were doctors and nurses too. They wanted to have a look at him, just like everyone else. They even had special gadgets for listening to his heart, his lungs, and all of the other things inside him.

Pages 17 & 18 - Illustration Pages

Page 19

Jessica wondered if Alex sometimes just wanted to be left alone. Everyone was always making such a fuss over him! Actually, Jessica sometimes wished that everyone would leave Alex alone. "Maybe they should make a fuss about me for a while," Jessica thought.

Page 20

Sometimes, Alex was taken for a walk. He was wrapped in a special little blanket, and there was a special little buggy for him to ride in. Wherever they went, it was baby Alex that the people wanted to see. "Oh, what rosy little cheeks!" they would say. "And, what pretty little eyes, and darling little fingers!" "People sure do like babies," Jessica thought to herself.

Pages 21 & 22 - Illustration Pages

Page 23

Because Alex was a baby, he was given all sorts of special presents: beautiful flowers to brighten up the house, big fluffy teddy bears to watch him as he slept, and all kinds of toys! There were toys to shake, toys to stack, and toys to roll. Jessica's toys were mostly old ones that she had played with for years.

Page 24

It seemed that no one had much time for Jessica. "Let's go to the park and play," Jessica said.
"We're sorry, Jessica. We're busy with the baby."
"Will you read a book to me?" Jessica asked.
"Maybe later, since the baby needs me just now."
"Could we play a game together?" Jessica questioned.
"That's a good idea, but the baby is a little fussy."

Pages 25 & 26 - Illustration Pages

Page 27

One morning as she was waking up, Jessica had an idea. "When I was a baby," she thought to herself, "everyone made a fuss over me." Jessica thought that maybe she should become a baby again. "If I were a baby," she said to herself, "Alex wouldn't be the only one they would fuss about!"

Page 28

Jessica thought about doing what baby Alex did. She thought about lying on her back and crying the way Alex did. "Would I get lots of hugs and kisses if I acted like that?" Jessica wondered. "I don't think so," she said to herself. "And I think that I would feel pretty silly."

Pages 29 & 30 - Illustration Pages

Page 31

At play time, Jessica wondered about sitting in the middle of the floor and making funny little noises, the way babies sometimes do. But it was just too embarrassing for Jessica! After all, she was Alex's big sister! Instead, she picked out a few books and a few toys from the toy box. They weren't brand new, but they were her favorites. She still had lots of fun with them.

Page 32

"Being a baby is fine for Alex," Jessica said to herself. "But I'm happy being a big sister! When baby Alex gets a little older, we'll have lots of fun playing together. I think he's going to like having me for a big sister!"

Pages 33 & 34 - Illustration Pages

Page 35

"There's a time to be a baby, and there's a time to be big. Every time can be happy in its own way," Jessica thought. "I'm glad that this is Alex's time to be a baby. I'm glad that he has come to live with us and that we will grow up together!"