Picture Books

First he accidentally flips over the bed while checking underneath it. [...]in a wordless double-page spread, the animals' facial expressions convey their frustration amid the chaos. PreS-Gr 2—Little Sadie is the younger sister of three brothers and the recipient of multiple hand-me-downs. Because the only clothes she chooses for herself are underwear and shoes, her dearest possession is a pair of sparkly silver shoes. While meandering through the meadow, Ruby comes across three long sticks that would make perfect swords, so she shares them with her siblings, who, once again, exclude her as they have a make-believe fencing match. Since she has no one with whom to play, she makes her own entertainment, using her stick to draw, to assist a colony of ants, and to knock apples off a tree.