Simon James's story about the smartest baby in the world will have little ones howling with laughter and may have big ones smiling wryly with self-recognition. It's never too early to start bringing up the smartest baby in the whole world. So thinks the expectant Mrs. Brains, who reads to the baby inside her tummy every night and plays music and language tapes to her baby during the day. And soon enough, Mr. and Mrs. Brains have their very own Baby Brains! He reads the paper, fixes the family car, and works as a doctor in the local hospital. Now even the space program is calling on him. Is there anything Baby Brains can't do?

A musically gifted baby is invited to play the electric guitar at a star-studded rock concert.

What’s the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy? What does watching TV do to a child’s brain? What’s the best way to handle temper tantrums? Scientists know. In his New York Times bestseller Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina showed us how our brains really work—and why we ought to redesign our workplaces and schools. Now, in Brain Rules for Baby, he shares what the latest science says about how to raise smart and happy children from zero to five. This book is destined to revolutionize parenting. Just one of the surprises: The best way to get your children into the college of their choice? Teach them impulse control. Brain Rules for Baby bridges the gap between what scientists know and what parents practice. Through fascinating and funny stories, Medina, a developmental molecular biologist and dad, unravels how a child’s brain develops – and what you can do to optimize it. You will view your children—and how to raise them—in a whole new light. You’ll learn: Where nature ends and nurture begins Why men should do more household chores What you do when emotions run hot affects how your baby turns out, because babies need to feel safe above all TV is harmful for children under 2 Your child’s ability to relate to others predicts her future math performance Smart and happy are inseparable. Pursuing your child’s intellectual success at the expense of his happiness achieves neither Praising effort is better than praising intelligence The best predictor of academic performance is not IQ. It’s self-control What you do right now—before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and through the first five years—will affect your children for the rest of their lives. Brain Rules for Baby is an indispensable guide.

Baby Brains invents RoboMom to do all the household chores and give his tired parents a rest.

Even though the new baby of Mr. and Mrs. Brains is very intelligent, they realize that he is still just a baby.

Everyone knows that Baby Brains is the smartest baby in the whole world. He's certainly clever enough to see how tired his Mum and Dad seem to be at the end of the day, In spite of his brilliant invention of a remote-controlled self-rocking cradle and a fully motorized baby buggy, he invents RoboMum. She takes over all the household chores, until she too suffers overload, and things start to get a little mixed up. The final indignity is RoboMum washing Baby Brains in the kitchen sink with the dishes and pegging him out to dry on the line. At this Baby Brains does what any normal baby would do and wails, “I want my mummy!” and warns his mother just before RoboMum explodes. Does this put Baby Brains off inventing? No, but RoboMum 2 is much smaller, and presumably easier to control.