<p>&#8220;My sister is Like a Baby Bird. She has a thin, small body and a large head,&#8221; says the child-narrator in Amy Tiller&#8217;s little book with a big impact, My Sister Is Like a Baby Bird. This book is the follow-up title to Tiller&#8217;s My Brother Is Like A Baby Bird which sold a thousand copies in hospitals across the nation. Both My Sister Is Like a Baby Bird and My Brother Is Like A Baby Bird won the Silver medal Mom&#8217;s Choice Award in the Children&#8217;s Picture Book &#8211; Family Life category.In this book written for the siblings of premature babies, the speaker compares the newborn to &#8220;some of my favorite things.&#8221; And in true understanding of a child&#8217;s &#8220;favorite things&#8221; Tiller writes about how mother whales, turtles, cats, and kangaroos aid their young. She draws animal-world connections to premie-ward fixtures such as ventilators, isolettes, and jaundice. The book explains in simple terms and beautiful images the daunting mysteries of premature birth.Amy Tiller, who lives in Canton, wrote the book following the premature birth of her twins Aleck Jeremiah and Emma Grace. Inspired by her twins, Tiller decided the book could help thousands of other older siblings whose lives are changed when a premature infant enters the picture.</p>

My Brother Is Like A Baby Bird

Children's Books

Amy Tiller

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Grateful Steps, Inc.

This book is designed for children who have a sibling in a newborn intensive care unit. It teaches the child key aspects of the baby's care through the comparison with mother-baby animal pairs and through the eyes of a child.The author, who is also the illustrator, had twins at 27 weeks' gestation. She noted that children seemed overwhelmed and confused when visiting their tiny siblings and believed a children's book would help them.

My Sister Is Like a Baby Bird

Grateful Steps

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My Brother Is Like A Baby Bird

My Sister Is Like a Baby Bird