Books with title I'm a Big Brother

When Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at her local Iowa airport, she literally doesn't recognise him.The once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds.What happened? Worse, Edison's slovenly habits, appalling diet, and know-it-all monologues drive her health-and-fitness freak husband insane. Fletcher delivers his wife an ultimatum: it's him or me. Putting her marriage and two adoptive children on the line, Pandora chooses her brother - who, without her support in losing weight, will surely eat himself into an early grave.

From the acclaimed author of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin comes a striking new novel about siblings, marriage and obesityFor Pandora, food is central to life, so central that she sometimes wonders if “She foraged” should be engraved on her tombstone. For her husband, Fletcher, a self-employed cabinetmaker who crafts lovely but unaffordable one-of-a-kind furniture, exercise is paramount: he spends hours a day cycling. But the couple’s comfortable, if sometimes strained, routine is about to be irrevocably changed with the arrival of Pandora’s big brother, Edison, who is now three times the size he was when the siblings last saw each other. He is, in fact, morbidly obese.And it’s not just the weight. Edison interjects himself into Pandora’s world—breaking Fletcher’s handiwork, making massive breakfasts for the family and, most disconcertingly, forming a bond with Pandora’s stepchildren and opening doors to the past and to her parents that she would rather keep shut.Determined to keep her family together, and to confront the literal elephant in the room, Pandora embarks on a challenge: she’ll find an apartment for Edison, move in with him and support him financially, but only if he loses weight—enough weight to resemble the person he once was. It will be the hardest thing that Edison has ever done. The result is a series of transformations so shocking that it throws the family into chaos and presents Pandora with a challenge of her own: do you sometimes have to choose between the family you’re born into and the one you’ve created?

In Barron's top-selling "The Potty Book for Boys," renowned children's author Alyssa Satin Capucilli introduced us to Henry as he graduated from diapers to potty. Now, Capucilli returns with a new adventure for Henry; he's getting a new brother or sister!Having a new baby in the house brings about a range of emotions in an older sibling, from excitement to joy to jealousy. In "Henry is a Big Brother," Capucilli and Stott employ straightforward text and eye-catching illustration to explore all of these feelings through a child's eyes. Starting on the big day when the baby arrives home from the hospital, Henry will hold the tiny new bundle, count fingers and toes, try to figure out why the baby is crying, help with diapers and bath time, and anticipate teaching his new sibling all sorts of things--like using the potty when the time comes. Waiting until the baby is old enough to play is a big factor for young children, so here Henry will also learn the importance of being patient.