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middle_name_joy's review against another edition
4.0
McDuff, an adorable West Highland White Terrier “Westie,” resembles an older sibling who is feeling snubbed of his parents’ attention when the new baby is born. His owners spend more time with the baby than him, and on top of it all, the baby doesn’t seem to notice that McDuff is miffed with her! What is a pet to do? The 40’s styling of the illustrations lends this little tale an old-fashioned air. It is impossible not to be charmed as McDuff learns the same lesson as all big siblings: Parents don’t split their love; it multiplies.
xterminal's review
3.0
Rosemary Wells, McDuff and the Baby (Hyperion, 1997)
McDuff and the Baby is (as far as I can tell) the third of the McDuff stories, and it's the bean's favorite of the bunch—I assume because of the last page. As far as I'm concerned, it's the weakest of them. The language is at its most awkward here, and the illustrations seem almost as if they were stock pieces that have no relation to the story at all (in none of the pictures before the baby arrives does Lucy look pregnant, for example). But, as always, Dave's reaction to the book is the final arbiter when it comes to pre-lit these days, so this one gets a higher rating than McDuff Comes Home; I can't tell you why, but this one is a hit with at least my part of the pre-lit set. Parents, on the other hand, may lose patience with it rather quickly. ** ½
McDuff and the Baby is (as far as I can tell) the third of the McDuff stories, and it's the bean's favorite of the bunch—I assume because of the last page. As far as I'm concerned, it's the weakest of them. The language is at its most awkward here, and the illustrations seem almost as if they were stock pieces that have no relation to the story at all (in none of the pictures before the baby arrives does Lucy look pregnant, for example). But, as always, Dave's reaction to the book is the final arbiter when it comes to pre-lit these days, so this one gets a higher rating than McDuff Comes Home; I can't tell you why, but this one is a hit with at least my part of the pre-lit set. Parents, on the other hand, may lose patience with it rather quickly. ** ½
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