Hello in There!: A Big Sister's Book of Waiting (Growing Hearts)

Little girl loves reading this

Our 23 month old daughter loved this book, definitely helped her understand my belly and our new arrival!

My son loved it, such a lovely positive look on becoming a sibling. I am definitely going to buy more copies as gifts for friends having baby no 2 +

Absolutely loved this, and my daughter does

Simple but great book for getting the older one ready for a baby. My LG loved opening the flaps up

Excellent book my 4 year old loves it

Keeps my granddaughter amused for hours

Lovely book for a 3 year old. Sadly the book arrived damaged despite the packaging not being damaged. This was a gift and so I did not have time to return it.

Bought this for my best friends little girl when she was expecting a little brother and it helped her to grow into her role as a caring and kind big sister. Love this book!

This is a wonderful book. Bought it for my 2 year old granddaughter who will be a big sister shortly; it works for her but she is definitely on the young side for this book. She loves to open the flaps and see the baby in mama's belly. The belly and the baby grow bigger on each page, while the child in the book does things that my granddaughter can do for her own baby sister while waiting, like sing to her. There is a page where the child is waiting and the mama is gone, and the next page parents come home with the baby. Everything is happy and sweet. At 2 my granddaughter is having a little difficulty understanding what is going to happen...this book is a great tool to help her. I was a child therapist for over 30 years, taught preschool, and raised 5 children (including preparing them for the birth of their siblings). I have never seen a better book for this purpose and highly recommend it. The only possible criticism is that the flaps are a little flimsy (at least for a 2 year old...not like the toddler lift-the-flap books). Which means it is best to read it with the child instead of giving her free access to the book. But this book is best read with an adult anyway, so that is such a minor problem that it hardly matters. Art is simple and child friendly. Book is easy to read. We love it.

The book is cute, however we decided to bring it back because at the beginning of the story it has a strange phrase and an even stranger illustration; in the context of the sister talking to the baby in the belly, she says something similar to: don’t be afraid of the shades, my light will shine on them (something like that) and the illustration shows her with huge monster made out of shades coming out of her and smiling and throwing kisses at the baby. We thought it was kind of odd and as Christians we felt more comfortable not keeping that book (thankfully our daughter didn’t see it at all). We know how deep certain things can go in a child’s mind so we decided to stay safe and we got other books that are way more normal and still beautiful and helpful in preparing our girl to welcome her sibling.

A mi hijo le encanta abrir las "ventanitas" para descubrir cómo va creciendo el bebé en la barriga de mamá y nos está ayudando a explicarle la llegada de su hermanita. El envío fue muy rápido.

Low quality of printing, the same page repeated twice, pages misaligned