Emma is Jess' little sister...and her dilemma. How can one small girl be sweet, funny, imaginative, playful, and affectionate as well as a clinging vine, brat, tattletale, and nuisance-all at the same time? Why is Jess supposed to be a good big sister while Emma doesn't have to be a good little sister? The highlights and low points of this sibling relationship are insightfully evoked in short and simple poems, some funny, some touching, and all resonant with emotional truth. Every child with a younger sibling will recognize Jess' dilemma and the combination of ambivalence and deep loyalty that is built into the sibling relationship. Nancy Carpenter's graceful illustrations perceptively complement Kristine O'Connell George's agile poems.
Awards
Winner of Children's Book Committee Award (Poetry-Younger Readers) 2012. Commended for Cybils (Poetry) 2011. Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Picture Book) 2014 and West Virginia Children's Book Award 2014 and Beehive Awards (Poetry) 2013.



Book Information
ISBN 9780618428427
Author Kristine O'Connell George
Format Hardback
Page Count 48
Imprint Harcourt Children's Books
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company