Big Sister, Little Sister - Softcover

Curtis, Marci

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142300780 ISBN 13: 9780142300787

Publisher: Puffin, 2002

Synopsis

Bright photos enhance this charming tale of sibling love as two sisters go about their day together playing games, romping in the woods, sharing a secret, and more. Reprint.

About this title

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2-This sentimental photo-essay alternately depicts four sets of sisters engaged in activities such as running in the woods, picking pumpkins, reading, doing homework, practicing the violin, and making sand angels at the beach. The girls are also shown sharing food, brushing teeth, bathing, and braiding hair. The eye-catching photographs capture moments of energy, creativity, and affection. The book has a formal layout with identically sized photos and rather uninspired rhyming captions: "Big Sister loves to comb and braid my hair./Little Sister skips with me. We make a springy pair!" Occasional words are cleverly illustrated in the context of the sentence and highlighted in colored type: "skips" is written as though the green letters are jumping, and "springy" is bouncing on a spring. The endpapers show all of the pajama-clad siblings piled in one bed on one side and dancing together in dress-up clothes on the other. Overall, the text functions primarily as captions for the pictures. Although this title might have appeal in some family situations, it is not particularly memorable.
Adele Greenlee, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Kirkus Reviews

A paean to sisterhood captures the girls at, mostly, their sweetest in bright, crisp full-color photographs. A simple bit of verse accompanies the interactions of four pairs of siblings; the words, ``Big Sister and I, racing hand in hand./Little Sister picks the biggest pumpkin in the land,'' are complemented by scenes of the girls trooping through the woods and poking through the pumpkin patch. What is plain is the happiness coming off the pages as the twosomes share a book or a bite of food, an overcoat or some puddle-jumping, a book or a jump rope. Onlookers will identify with the infrequent episodes of conflict, in which tears run and hair is pulled, some of which appear a little staged; outweighing those are scenes that delight, moments of pure companionship to make other siblings smile. (Picture book. 4-8) -- Copyright ©2000, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0142300780
• ISBN 13: 9780142300787
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Curtis Marci