Sonya Hartnett is the winner of the 2008 Astrid Lindgren
Memorial Award, the world’s largest award for lifetime achievement
in children’s and youth literature. She is also the author of many
acclaimed young adult novels, including Surrender, The Ghost’s
Child, The Silver Donkey, Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf, What the
Birds See, and Thursday’s Child. Sonya Hartnett lives in
Australia.
Ann James is the award-winning illustrator of more than
sixty books for children, including The Midnight Babies, Little
Humpty, and Lucy Goosey, written by Margaret Wild, and The Way I
Love You, by David Bedford. Ann James lives in Australia.
A piercingly intelligent foray into chapter books...for big sisters
and Baby Boys adjusting to each other. A real slice of family life,
the sweet with the bitter.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Lindgren Award–winner Hartnett has been writing for younger and
younger readers in recent years, but whether her audience is
teenagers, middle-graders, or now chapter-book readers, she remains
willing to expose humanity’s more selfish and destructive
tendencies, while handling such themes in a way that’s on-target
and appropriate for her audience.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Hartnett adeptly conveys the pain and loneliness of an older
sibling facing a monumental moment of change and captures what
growing up really means to a child. This joyful choice for reading
aloud serves as a discussion starter on coping, acceptance, and
maturity, and as an instruction manual on personal narratives.
There are myriad ways to appreciate this pitch-perfect story.
—School Library Journal (starred review)
This tale of temper and self-control, told in the first person, is
more psychologically sophisticated than is usually found in an
early chapter book, but the sensitive drawings and clever book
design add significantly to the emotional clarity of Hannah’s
journey.
—The Horn Book
Australian Hartnett, winner of the 2008 Astrid Lindgren Memorial
Award, writes convincingly of sibling rivalry and imaginative play.
James’ black-and-white sketches feature mischievous hand-shadows
and convey a wide range of emotions, from Hannah’s smoldering anger
to Baby Boy’s sly cleverness.
—Booklist
A Sendakian tale... This, an outstanding chapter book for early
readers, is the kind of good writing that all young children
deserve.
—Kirkus Reviews Children's Blog
This could be a useful tool for helping young children deal with
aggression or explore the complications of sibling dynamics.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Pretty much the best book for kids published in America in the year
2012.... A beautiful bit of psychology that will undoubtedly lead
to great discussions. Don’t miss it.
—A Fuse #8 Production (SLJ blog)
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