WHEN THE NEW BABY COMES, I'M MOVING OUT

by Martha Alexander ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 26, 1980

As meticulously modulated, though not as strong a story, as Nobody Asked Me If I Wanted a Baby Sister (1971), this ""prequel"" opens on the same little Oliver's understandable chagrin when he finds his visibly pregnant mother fixing up ""all my old things"" for the new baby. But ""I need those things! This [high chair] was going to be my space ship launching pad. And this [crib] is my cage for all my wild animals."" In a sequence that Alexander manages with fluency, feeling, and reserve, Oliver proceeds from righteous distress to rage, threatening to throw his mother in the garbage can and take it to the dump. . . or maybe he'll leave home instead. . . . There's a slight twist too to the inevitable reconciliation, but for preschoolers the appeal lies in Oliver's artfully expressed resentment.

Pub Date: Oct. 26, 1980

ISBN: 1570916780

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dial

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1980

Categories: CHILDREN'S