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Bad Baby
By MacDonald, Ross
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-59643-064-8
- Publisher
- Porter Roaring Brook
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2005
K-Gr 3 Jack, the handsomely rugged superhero of MacDonald's "Another Perfect Day", is back to grapple with his next big challenge -a new baby sister. Something is missing from his perfect life, but his initial longing and then enthusiasm for someone to play with quickly fades as -the wee tiny baby - grows and grows to such a size that Jack (the man) can be squashed under her palm. Her stature is eclipsed only by the enormity of her mischief -she breaks toys, draws an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2005
Here it's not Godzilla wreaking havoc but a far more common and, in some eyes, insidious force of destruction: a younger sibling. As Jack, the young boy from MacDonald's Another Perfect Day, goes about his "perfect" life—diving into mounds of candy, roping dragons, batting meteorites out of the atmosphere (all in his alter-ego, Clark Kentish guise as a grown-up hero in suit and tie)—he feels as if "something was missing." The bir...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
