Darcy and Gran Don't Like Babies
(Farrar, Straus iroux)

"When someone asked Darcy how she felt about the baby, she told them. Pretty soon, no one asked. But that didn't stop Darcy. . ."

  

A Reading Rainbow Book
A School Library Journal Best Book, 1993
Bay Area Book Reviewers Award Finalist, 1994

Four-year-old Darcy can't stand the new baby. She doesn't like his smell, and she doesn't like his looks. She tells everyone how she feels, but no one seems to understand--except Gran.

Reviews
School Library Journal (starred review): "The text is...full of action, feeling, humor and delightful detail."
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books: "...a crisp, cheering new-baby book: the writing is stylish."
Publisher's Weekly (starred review): "...skillfully understated humor and peppy dialogue
Darcy & Gran Don't Like Babies has also made it onto a number of lists of recommended books for children dealing with new babies.

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