Carl's Baby Journal

Alexandra Day. Farrar Straus Giroux, $10.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-374-31152-0

That baby-sitting rottweiler cultivates fans still in the cradle-as well as their parents-with the publication of Carl's Baby Journal by Alexandra Day, which has ample fill-in room for hand- and footprints, a family tree, baby gift lists, photos and more. (FSG, $10.95 all ages ISBN 0-374-31152-8, Apr.)

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