Pecan Pie Baby

Author(s): Jacqueline Woodson

New Baby | Single Parenting

A sweet addition to the family is coming!


All anyone wants to talk about with Mama is the new "ding-dang baby" that's on the way, and Gia is getting sick of it! If her new sibling is already such a big deal, what's going to happen to Gia's nice, cozy life with Mama once the baby is born? 


Written by National Book Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated by Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Sophie Blackall. 


Product Information

"[An] honest story about jealousy, anger, displacement, and love [that] will touch kids dealing with sibling rivalry and spark their talk about change."--Booklist

"Fresh and wise."--Kirkus Reviews

Jacqueline Woodson, winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, is the author of The Other Side, Coming On Home Soon, Peace, Locomotion, National Book Award Finalist Locomotion, After Tupac and D Foster, Newbery Honor winners After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers and Show Way, Miracle's Boys (recipient of a Coretta Scott King Award and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize), and Hush (a National Book Award Finalist), among many others.

General Fields

  • : 9780147511287
  • : Puffin Books
  • : Puffin Books
  • : October 2013
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jacqueline Woodson
  • : Paperback / softback
  • : illustrations