LARRY DAY has illustrated several picture books, including Not Afraid of Dogs, an SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner, Duel! which received four starred reviews, and Let it Begin Here! He works in the advertising industry, and his illustrations have appeared in the Chicago Tribune Magazine and in several exhibits, including his own shows. Larry in Downers Grove, Illinois. RICHARD MORRIS works as a literary agent and lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his wife and two children. As he knows first hand, older siblings are not always as delighted by a new baby as the rest of the family. Richard was inspired to write Bye-Bye Baby! after his three year old son was unimpressed by the arrival of a new baby sister. All the books they were reading had the same reassuring message--it may be different at first with this new person around, but eventually you will grow to love this person as much as your parents. But it became clear very quickly that this good wholesome message wasn't exactly sinking in. Instead of growing to love the baby, Richard's son was dreaming up ways to get rid of her.

"Mommy," he asked one day, "maybe we should put the baby outside tonight so we won't have to hear her cry?" Every day there was a new idea about how to dispose of his baby sister. "Tie her to the roof, flush her down the toilet, pack her up in a suitcase and send her away forever." At first alarmed, they soon realized jealousy is a common experience for a newly older sibling after hearing similar stories from their friends. Nowadays Richard's son and daughter are good friends, and their hilarious stories inspired Bye-Bye Baby!, the perfect accompaniment for any family going through the roller coaster ride of emotions that a new arrival brings.