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Soundar, Chitra, author.

Sona sharma, very best big sister? / Chitra Soundar ; illustrated by Jen Khatun.

First US edition.

Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2021]

102 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

2021

Publisher Annotation: Sona Sharma's house is full of three generations of people who joke often and argue sometimes. Relatives come over unannounced, the phone rings frequently, and friends drop by all the time. Then one day Amma tells Sona that she is going to have a baby. Is that good? Sona isn't so sure. She doesn't want to share her room or her things with a new baby, not to mention the attention of Amma, Appa, Thatha, and Paatti. And despite Amma's assurance that the sky always has room for new stars, Sona doesn't feel stretchy or bighearted like the sky. But when she learns there will be a baby-naming ceremony, she's determined to find the best name for her new brother or sister-one as nice as her own, a Hindi word for "gold." Perfectly pitched to young readers, this tale of warming up to change is followed by a glossary of words from India to explore in the story.

7-10 Brodart.

2-5 Brodart.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Family life -- Fiction.

Infants -- Juvenile fiction.

Babies -- Fiction.

Life change events -- Juvenile fiction.

Life change events -- Fiction.

Family life -- Fiction.

Infants -- Fiction.

JUVENILE FICTION / Family / New Baby.

JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings.

JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia.

Khatun, Jen, illustrator.

School Library Journal, September 01, 2021

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, July 01, 2021

Booklist, September 15, 2021

Kirkus Reviews, July 01, 2021

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