Publisher: Greenwillow Books (September 21, 1995)
Lexile: 460L
This is a story about a young mouse who is used to be the only child in the family, but when her parents have another baby she is jealous and often times says she hates him. She tries everything she can to get rid of him, but nothing works. She finally comes to realize how much she loves him when one of her cousins insults him. She sticks up for her brother. This is a great book for young students who are dealing with new siblings.I also enjoyed this book very much (I think you can see a trend), and again I thought it was both written and illustrated very well. The plot was very believable because often times this is a very concerning behavior that students have after the parents have a baby. I remember my parents telling me that the first time my older sister ever saw me she slapped me, so this really is a very frequent situation and feeling for students. This book really shows how the characters develop, and she sticks up for her brother at the end. The characters develop pretty well throughout the story. Like the previous books this book has a lot of personification and describing words, but it also has a lot of repetition. For example the word "stayed" is repeated frequently, and there are also repeated lines throughout the book. Because repetition is very important, and also because of the theme of the story I would use this story in an early elementary classroom.
Like the other books I think I would use this story in a unit to pair with the other Henkes stories because they are so related. They all are full of adjectives, adverbs, and verbs. They also almost all deal with real life struggles that students face.
Thanks for reading!
Gorms
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