Export Catalogue Autumn_2023

Picture Books
2+ 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10” x 10”) 24
Little Otter
and a New Baby
C. Gobbetti, D. Nikolova
Little otter has been always been the focus of mother’s
attention. But that’s all set to change with the arrival of a
new baby. Little otter wants mother to forget about the new
sibling and bring someone else home instead. This imaginative
rhyming story helps prepare children for the arrival of a baby
sister or brother.
This illustrated book gently and playfully guides children as
they transition toward independence.
‘Little otter, I’ve got a surprise’,
said otter’s mother with joy in her eyes.
‘I like surprises. You know I do! Little otter stuck a finger in the air.
Where will I find this gift from you?’
Little otter gave a scratch of the head,
‘What’s a surprise doing there?’
‘It’s right here, in my TUMMY!’ trying to make sense of what she’d said.
SURPRISE!
cried little otter’s happy mummy.
‘I don’t want a baby, of course.
I’d rather have a ROCKING HORSE!
‘I want a horse I can ride a lot,
not some baby that can’t even trot.’
Little otter looked to and fro,
then waved a paw to say NO.
‘It may seem strange,
but it’s true.
There’s a special gift for you’,
said little otter’s papa proudly,
and then he continued loudly.
‘Little otter, wait until you hear,
soon you’ll have
a baby SIBLING, dear.’
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