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Parents help a young girl handle her feelings about a coming change to their family in a story that also spotlights Jewish baby naming practices.
A new baby is coming and everyone is so excited! Everyone except Ella. Her parents ask her and older brother, one question for many months: What should we name the baby? Ella doesn't even want a new baby; she's already the baby! So she suggests names like Squirt or Lumpy. Ella will need to learn about growing up, coping with changes, and her own family members before she can be the best big sister to a new baby--a baby who probably won't be named Lumpy!
Leslie Kimmelman
Leslie Kimmelman (she/her) is the author of more than fifty children's books, including The Eight Knights of Hanukkah, Eight Nights of Lights, The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah, and Write On, Irving Berlin!, which are all Sydney Taylor Notable Books, and the Sydney Taylor Honor Book Everybody Says Shalom. She lives in the New York City area, where she has hosted many lively seders, complete with mismatched chairs. Visit her at lesliekimmelman.com.
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