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Susy Parker Goins, Natural Family Online, July 2005
Natural Family Online, July 2005 Read it at: http://www.natural-family.com/books/childrens-book-reviews.htm: The Michels-Gualtieri siblings have a new baby in the house! These books (with a sing-along CD) depict their journey from being Akaela and Zaydek to being a big sister and a big brother. It’s not always easy, but they work it out to everyone’s happiness. Excellent for children about to become "big."
Mary Quattlebaum
Washington Parent March 2004 "Celebrate March With Books": Washington fifth grader Zaydek Michels-Gualtieri celebrates being a brother with two sisters in I Was Born To Be A Brother (Platypus, 2003, ages 4 to 7, $18.95). The first person narrator knows it is his job to teach his little sister all the important life skills, such as how to eat ice cream with a straw and how to make the right noises for certain toys. In a voice both playful and honest, the narrator admits to getting mad sometimes at the troublesome tyke. He outlines his plan to build a catapult to send her to the planet Xeron. But at the end he relents, saying that his sister makes him the "best brother in the whole wide world." A charming book about the sibling bond, with Daniel Liegey's illustrations conveying some of its pleasures and pitfalls.
Midwest Book Review, , January 15, 2004: Especially meant to be shared among siblings
Written by ten-year-old Zaydek G. Michels-Gualtieri, I Was Born To Be A Brother is the charming true story of a young boy who adapts to having a little sister around the house. Despite their rivalries, there are siblings who know and love one another. Full-color illustrations by Daniel Liegey and an accompanying CD with the story and music make for a cherished and strongly recommended children's picture book tale about "siblinghood" -- and is especially meant to be shared among siblings.


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