“Why is Sadie crying?” Cameron asks, and asks, and asks. While Cameron loves his new baby sister, he does not love her crying. Mom and Dad can quiet Sadie by changing her diaper, feeding her, and singing lullabies, but when all else fails, Cameron takes over. A Good Big Brother can rub tummies and kiss toes to turn a whimper into a smile! With humor and warmth, New York Times bestselling illustrators Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson delightfully illustrate this fresh, positive, and true-to-life spin on getting a new sibling. PreS—Clearly intended for siblings who are adjusting to having a new baby in the house, this didactic story follows a simple pattern: big brother Cameron asks why baby Sophie is crying, Mom or Dad asks the boy's help in changing/feeding/calming her, and Cameron gets praised for being good to his sister. In the end, when his parents are baffled by Sadie's tears, only Cameron can quiet her, and he's rewarded with her first-ever smile. Johnson and Fancher's mixed-media collages shimmer with vivid colors and warm emotions. Close-up paintings of the family expressively convey loving relationships. Backdrops comprised of bright quiltlike swatches superimposed with tiny hands and feet, splotches of color, and random words and letters set off the action. This quiet story of a boy who loves his baby sister will work best shared one-on-one with a child in similar circumstances.— Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Always true to a toddler’s viewpoint, the bright, clear double-page spreads in this glowing picture book show Cameron with his new baby sister, Sadie. Wide-eyed with joy, he kisses her sweet little toes, pats her head, pushes her carriage, and  helps Mom and Dad soothe her to sleep. When she will not stop crying, no one knows what to do, until Cameron “gently, gently” pats her head, rubs her tummy, talks to her, and then for the first time, Sadie smiles. Mom and Dad are always there, and the bright collages show both engaged parents: Dad changing diapers; Mom nursing. But the focus is the tender physical drama between the small boy and his sister, shown beautifully in big, unframed portraits that close with a beautiful scene of his smiling face next to hers. The elemental drama of their joyful bonding makes this a gentle companion to all those sibling-displacement stories. Preschool-Kindergarten. --Hazel Rochman Diane Wright Landolf is a writer and editor of children’s books. She is the author of Hog and Dog , Sammy’s Bumpy Ride , and Hooray for Halloween . She has a younger sister and many nieces and nephews, but was never very good at getting any of them to stop crying. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, Matt, and son, Owen, who she hopes will be an excellent big brother someday. Husband and wife team, Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher have collaborated on more than 20 picture books, including the New York Times bestselling My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss, New York’s Bravest by Mary Pope Osborne, and The Boy on Fairfield Street . Most recently they illustrated Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem by Maya Angelou. Steve and Lou live in Moraga, California, with their son, Nicholas. Visit their Web site at www.johnsonandfancher.com