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When Vera gets the chicken pox, her mom puts her in the spare bedroom and brings in the Kitty--the big, soft pillow with arms. It's lonely and dark in the spare room, and the wallpaper looks like it's making scary faces at Vera. Try as she might, Vera can't sleep. All she can do is scratch her spots.
But being sick has its rewards. Her mother reads her picture books, her father sings her lullabies, and her sister treats her to checker games. It's not long before Vera feels like her old self again.
Any child who has experienced the woes of being sick will find sweetness and humor in this charming story about one brave little girl.
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About the Author
Vera Rosenberry has illustrated many books for young readers, including The Outside Inn by George Ella Lyon. This is the first book she has both written and illustrated.
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PreSchool-Grade 1-This story follows Vera from the onset of her illness, when fever, spots, and nausea confine her to bed in a darkened room, through her recovery. Mother is solicitous with orange juice, hot soup, calamine lotion, stories, and a big stuffed pillow to hug. Father brings flowers and sings Vera to sleep, and big sister June helps her pass the time with games of Chinese checkers. The tedium, discomfort, and confinement of an extended illness, ameliorated by warm surroundings and a compassionate and loving family, are well portrayed. Colorful ink-and-gouache illustrations capture a forlorn little girl with dark circles under her eyes, frightened by fever-induced hallucinations; scratching, scratching, scratching; and wistfully watching children outside playing. The pictures deftly portray the mood of the story, from somber at the start, to exuberant at the finish, as Vera throws off her pajamas, pulls on her clothes, and cartwheels out to play.
Marie Orlando, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherHenry Holt and Co. (BYR)
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0805054057
- ISBN 13 9780805054057
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorRosenberry Vera
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