Big Sister, Little Monster

by Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum, Edwin Fotheringham (Illustrator)

Overview

"Monstrous sisterly fun." --Kirkus ReviewsLucy thinks her little sister, Mia, is a monster. She follows Lucy everywhere, wreaks havoc in her room, and steals her spotlight. When at last Lucy has had enough, she yells, "You little monster, GO AWAY!"But Lucy never imagines that Mia might disappear into a land of REAL monsters! What's a big sister to do?This riotous, honest, and affectionate story will strike a wildly familiar chord with siblings of all ages!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338184600
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	09/12/2017
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	89 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum has published several picture books, as well as stories and poems in Babybug, Ladybug, Spider, and Cricket Magazines. She lives in Teaneck, New Jersey, with her family. Visit her at andriawarmflashrosenbaum.com.
Edwin Fotheringham’s stylish, award-winning illustrations have graced the pages of The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and many other publications. He has illustrated numerous highly acclaimed nonfiction picture books, such as Barbara Kerley's What to Do About Alice?, a Sibert Honor Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book; The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy), a New York Public Library Best Children's Book; Those Rebels, John & Tom, an NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book; and A Home for Mr. Emerson, a NAPPA Gold Award winner; as well as younger fiction picture books, such as Pam Munoz Ryan's Tony Baloney and the eponymous beginning reader series, Jennifer Hamburg's Monkey and Duck Quack Up!, a spring 2015 Indie Favorite, and Andria Rosenbaum’s Big Sister, Little Monster. Ed lives in Seattle, Washington. Visit him online at edfotheringham.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Big Sister, Little Monster:"Monstrous sisterly fun." — Kirkus Reviews"Humorously illustrates the ups and downs of sibling relationships…a great book…The monster aspects also make it an enjoyable choice for storytime." — School Library JournalPraise for Tony Baloney, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham:"Fotheringham's digitally rendered illustrations give things a Crayola-bright pizzazz. Totally goofy, totally fun." — BooklistDistinctions and Praise for Monkey and Duck Quack Up!:A Spring 2015 Indie Favorite Book"Bright, bold artwork." — Publishers WeeklyDistinctions and Praise for What to Do About Alice?:A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor BookA Sibert Honor BookAn ALA Notable BookA Parents Choice Award WinnerOne of the New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and SharingA Kirkus Reviews Best of Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA School Library Journal Best Book of the Year* "Spectacular art." — Booklist, starred review

From the Publisher

10/01/2017
K-Gr 2— Like many older siblings, Lucy finds her little sister, Mia, annoying. Mia always wants to do what Lucy does, but a lot messier, and often takes center stage. One day Lucy's patience runs out; she calls her sister a monster and tells her to go away. At first, Lucy enjoys being alone to read her books, bike, and clean her room. But she eventually starts to miss her sister and wonders where she went. Lucy goes looking for Mia, but can't find her anywhere. Finally, she notices a small, colorful door drawn on Mia's wall and touches it. To her shock, the door opens, revealing Mia along with a group of monsters. The monsters proudly tell Lucy that Mia is everything they want in a queen and they are going to keep her forever. Lucy tries to talk the monsters out of keeping her little sister, but when that doesn't work she becomes angry and a bit monsterlike herself. This fun book humorously illustrates the ups and downs of sibling relationships. Sometimes Lucy finds Mia bothersome, but ultimately she is her sister and worth defending. VERDICT A great book where stories about sibling relationships are needed. The monster aspects also make it an enjoyable choice for storytime.— Heidi Grange, Summit Elementary School, Smithfield, UT

School Library Journal

2017-06-27
An exasperated big sister learns to love her little monster of a sibling by finding her own inner monster.Lucy has had it with her little sister's behavior. Mia, who like Lucy is white, always seems underfoot and over-the-top. When Lucy finally loses her temper and calls Mia a "little monster," Mia disappears. Mia's reaction to her sister's rejection isn't depicted, but at first, Lucy is clearly delighted and revels in time to herself. But a shift in palette from bright to dull, as well as in the tone of the text, signals Lucy's quick change of heart: "after a while, it felt quiet. Very quiet. TOO QUIET. No one followed Lucy's lead." So Lucy sets out to find Mia and discovers a secret doorway in her little sister's room that leads to a land of monsters. Fotheringham's style shifts from something akin to Jules Feiffer's to something more like Ed Emberley's here, with brightly colored, cartoonish, goggly-eyed monsters cavorting with Mia against a black background. Mia seems perfectly content, and not only do the monsters reject Lucy's attempts to wrest Mia away, they reject her, too: " ‘YOU'RE NOT A LITTLE MONSTER,' they howled. ‘GO AWAY!' " But Lucy stands firm and liberates her inner monster with a fit of rage that sends the monsters scurrying away. Mia happily rejoins her in the real world, where their rivalry gives way to sisterly revelry. Monstrous sisterly fun. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews