Iris and Walter and Baby Rose

Elissa Haden Guest. Harcourt Children's Books, $14 (44pp) ISBN 978-0-15-202120-7

Iris anticipates her baby sibling with glee: ""It will be just like playing with a doll,"" she tells her friend Walter. But when the new arrival won't stop crying, the big sister changes her tune in Iris and Walter and Baby Rose by Elissa Haden Guest, illus. by Christine Davenier. Once again, Grandpa brings a new perspective in this charming beginning chapter book series. (Mar.)

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