The Baby On The Way

The Baby On The Way by Karen English is a great story about the relationship between a grandparent and a grandchild. It starts with Jamal, a young boy, asking his grandmother if she was ever a baby. The grandmother proceeds to tell story of her birth and her family. Her story is sweet and helps Jamal to understand that everyone is a baby once in their lives.

This story would be great for a grandparent to read to their grandchild. It could help for the grandchild to understand that everyone is a baby once and it could also build a relationship between grandparents and their grandchildren.  A parent could also read this to their child to show the child family dynamics. Many ideas can be brought to life by reading this book to a child at home. This book can help build relationships between grandparents, parents, and children very easily. It can spark stories that grandparents or parents would not think to tell their children. This book could also be used in a class to explain how times change in our world. The grandmother talks about slave times and certain traditions they did back then, she states that they do not do the traditions anymore. This could make students understand that times change and the way things are now might change later in years.