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Feiffer, Kate

But I Wanted a Baby Brother!

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Diane Goode. Oliver intends to trade his baby sister for a brother, or purchase one from a classified ad, but ultimately, the other babies just don't measure up. The story meanders a bit, but its winking probe of gender stereotypes will keep readers hooked until the surprise ending. Goode's watercolors capture Oliver's vacillating opinion of the blissfully oblivious babe.

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