Review by Booklist Review
Ages 4-6. Sheila Rae, a little mouse girl, prides herself on her fearlessness. The dark? She sleeps right through it. A boy in the schoolyard steals her jump rope? She hog-ties him with it. Thunder, lightning, riding a bike with no hands nothing fazes Sheila Rae. Her little sister, Louise, is in awe. But when Sheila Rae decides to take an unfamiliar route home, suddenly she doesn't feel quite so brave and begins to cry. Happily, Louise, who has followed her, does know the way. Now it's the younger sister who walks backward with her eyes closed and growls at stray dogs. Graciously, Sheila Rae tells Louise, `` . . . you are brave and you are fearless.'' ``We both are,'' Louise agrees. A seamless offering, this will both touch and tickle little ones. Henkes packs plenty of appeal into his watercolors outlined in pen and ink and coaxes maximum expressions from the thin lines and dots that serve as the mice's features. Let's see more of these spunky heroines. IC. Sisters Fiction / Courage Fiction [CIP] 86-25761
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
The mouse heroine of Henkes's pitch-perfect comedy doesn't frighten easilyshe even growls at stray dogs. But when she gets lost, it's her "scaredy cat" sister who helps her find the way home. Ages 4-up. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 3-Laura Hamilton does a wonderful job in this reading of Kevin Henkes' popular book (Greenwillow, 1987). Sheila Rae's self-proclaimed bravery is nowhere to be found when she finds herself lost on the way home from school one day. In an act of sibling-love, her little "scaredy-cat" sister helps out and saves the day. Appropriate sound effects are liberally infused in the recording, along with an occasional musical interlude, heightening the feelings of fear, helplessness, and finally triumph that listeners will feel right along with Sheila Rae. Henkes' gift for writing and illustrating is nicely complemented by this recording. Wonderful for read-alongs (especially for little sisters!), this title will be useful for emergent readers as well as general listening.-Kirsten Martindale, Buford Academy, GA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
George Ancona and Mary Beth Miller Handtalk Zoo Illustrated with photographs by George Ancona. Molly Bang, Illustrator The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher A Caldecott Honor Book. Janina Domanska, Author-Illustrator If All the Seas Were One Sea A Caldecott Honor Book. Lois Ehlert, Author-Illustrator Feathers for Lunch Denise Fleming, Author-Illustrator Lunch Kevin Henkes, Author-Illustrator Sheila Rae, the Brave Lois Lenski Sing a Song of People Illustrated by Giles Laroche. Margaret Mahy The Great White Man-Eating Shark Illustrated by Jonathan Allen. Helen Oxenbury, Author-Illustrator It's My Birthday Jon Scieszka The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! Illustrated by Lane Smith. Mary Wormell, Author-Illustrator Hilda Hen's Happy Birthday From HORN BOOK, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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