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Zelda and Ivy Review

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

By Laura McGee Kvasnosky

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Zelda and Ivy

Zelda and Ivy are sisters with a flair for the dramatic. Whether they’re performing a circus act, fashioning their tails in the latest style, or working wonders with “fairy dust, ” their exploits are described with wit and charm in a trio of stories exploring the dynamic between an older and younger sister. Wry and genuine, the linked episodes and rambunctious illustrations will strike home with beginning readers, especially those who’ve experienced the warmth — and occasional wrath — of a sibling’s attention.

Rating: *****

The one sister is horrible to her younger sister and I think that’s the point and in the end she comes around. If you have siblings who aren’t the nicest to each other this is a great book to help discuss siblings and responsibilities and actions.


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I Need a Lunch Box Review

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

By Jeannette Franklin Caines

I Need a Lunch Box

A little boy can’t wait to get his first lunch box. He imagines what he could keep in a lunch box and even dreams he has a different colored and shaped box for each day of the week. A straightforward story about a rite of passage.

Rating: ****

Anyone with more than one child knows if one child has it the other will want it too. This story is no different. The book presents the concept of an elder sibling doing something the younger is not ready for yet, in this case school.