February 2019 - I'll admit that as much as I love Henkes' mouse books, I had a moment of hesitation - would this encourage Ben to say negative things about the baby? Because I definitely have patrons at the library who refuse anything that would give their kids "bad" things to say. But Ben thinks it's hilarious (especially "if he was a food, he would be a raisin...a raisin tastes like dirt") and the only result has been LOTS of "Eleanor is the baby of the world!" I think when it comes down to it, kids really delight in seeing all those negative feelings brought out into the light, and it feels good to see a book character being "bad." Delightful.