My wife just found out she is pregnant and we are hesitant to tell people because we aren't quite sure how to explain it to our 6yo daughter.  We were thinking of getting a book or books to read to her.  Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Mark

We just told our other kids when a new one was coming.  It really didn't matter what we said though.  It wasn't real to them until mommy's belly started showing and they could physically see changes.

Hi Mark, my brother's approach was to explain the pregnancy in the context of two siblings playing with each other.  While at the park watching two brothers playing with each other, he asked his older son, "would you like a little brother to play with?"  What kid in that situation wouldn't react with a resounding "YES!!!" 

Good luck.

I've had to explain this to a three year old, and then later to three kids: 10, 9 and 7.

For the former, it was just a matter of making "the baby" part of conversations, the same way you'd work eating, bath time, play dates, etc. into the conversation. Since there wasn't a choice in the matter, the baby was a matter of course and our intention was to encourage our currently only child to get excited about the notion of being an older sister and having a hand with welcoming the baby into our family. we included her in decisions about decorating the baby's room, what books and toys to get, what blankets are nice, and what we'll need to feed her.

For the second situation, we took an ultrasound photo of the impending baby, framed it and wrapped it up as a Christmas present and then gave it to the girls as a "last gift" to unwrap. They loved it.