The actual book is in great condition. The cover has a few small tears in it that are pictured. Here is a captivating and winsome story for youngsters about the arrival of a precious little bundle, baby brother, Claude, in the household of young sister, Frankie. While her friend Millie thinks of Frankie’s little brother, as an added source of work, Frankie Manly loves her tiny, baby brother, acting towards him as a devoted sister, and almost like a mother. From the naming of her brother, to the taking care of his tiny needs, to telling him stories, helping weigh him for the first time, feeding him, playing with him, and just simply loving him Frankie finds her life just one long, delightful game. And baby Claude, responding eagerly to the affection and care of his little sister, is shown as quickly developing through his games, funny experiments with food, clothes, pins, and whatever else has little hands can get a hold of, until at the end of the book, he is "grown up" and quite "mature" lad of one, now capable of walking and enjoying his first birthday cake. Here is a book that will appeal to children, because it reflects amusingly, and yet truthfully, all that they experience in the heart of a growing family.