Big Red Lollipop
Rubina has been invited to her first birthday party, and her mother, Ami, insists that she bring her little sister along. Rubina is mortified, but she can?t convince Ami that you just don?t bring your younger sister to your friend?s party. So both girls go, and not only does Sana demand to win...
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Rubina has been invited to her first birthday party, and her mother, Ami, insists that she bring her little sister along. Rubina is mortified, but she can?t convince Ami that you just don?t bring your younger sister to your friend?s party. So both girls go, and not only does Sana demand to win every game, but after the party she steals Rubina?s prized party favor, a red lollipop. What?s a fed-up big sister to do? Rukhsana Khan?s clever story and Sophie Blackall?s irresistible illustrations make for a powerful combination in this fresh and surprising picture book.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670062874 (0670062871)
Publish date: March 4th 2010
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Cultural,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Realistic Fiction,
Culture,
Family,
Contemporary,
Picture Books,
Storytime,
Relationships
A sweet story about sisters. The book does a good job capturing the unfairness of sibling relationships and has a pretty satisfactory resolution.
Written by Rukhsana Khan Illustrated by Sophie Blackall Rubina has just been invited to her first birthday party, and her mother insists that she bring her little sister, Sana, along. No matter how hard Rubina tries to convince her mother that people just don't bring their little sisters along to ...
I have to admit that I nearly tossed this book aside in fury about 3/4 of the way through. Glad I didn't, because all of my issues were resolved in a very good way.
Fun story about sisterly conflict. Woderful illstrations, particularly the spread depicting the chase around the house.
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