When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning toride a bike and dating.

Arthur isn't sure he is happy about the new baby in the family, but when his sister asks for his help in handling the baby, Arthur feels much better.

Amy's convinced that her mother's pregnancy will end life as she knows it, and a visit to the circus with Charlotte's bratty younger brother only makes matters worse.

Chester Raccoon is worried that his mother does not have enough love for both him and his new baby brother.

Feeling jealous when a new sibling arrives, little Elmore Green becomes frustrated when the "small person" knocks over his things and licks his jelly bean collection until a special night when their relationship changes.

A child eagerly welcomes home his new baby brother.

A sister enumerates the joys of welcoming a new baby to the family and the advantages of already being "big."

A grandfather dreams of all the things he will do with his new grandchild.

The new baby takes some getting used to, but she's worth it.