Ewa Lipniacka

This is a book about siblings Jack and Georgina who learn to share. The book starts off with the two siblings fighting over a toy plane, and they eventually break the plane. Their mom tells them to share, and the siblings do. The siblings share teddy bears and pencils... even the chicken pox!
I think this story would be suitable for kindergartners and first graders because it can teach them how to share correctly. Throughout the book, the two siblings share items, but they do not share them show more in a way that is kind or respectful. For example, Jack shared Georgina's teddy bear with their dog. Kindergartners and first graders could correct that and say that it is not a kind to share because the dog can rip the teddy bear. This is a cute book that can teach young children a lesson that can be used in their daily lives when they play with others. show less

Jack and Georgina are a brother and sister fighting over a toy plane. When they finally end up breaking the toy, their mother gets mad and asks them why they can't share anything. The pages then show the situations where Jack and Georgina do "share" with one another, whether it is Jack "sharing" by shooting peas at Georgina during dinner or Georgina "sharing" her Chicken Pox with Jack. As they both lie sick in their mother's bed, their mother asks them if they have to share everything? to show more which they reply, "yes, especially you" and they give her a hug. It was interesting to read what they considered "sharing", but nice to see them as a loving family. show less

The book itself is a 2 minute funny read for an adult.

That's the problem of this book.

The mother bunny in the book suggest to her kids to share more. The little bunnies use this suggestion very creativly to to do each other harm.

We have many books. This is the only children book so far that I put away. I believe it is evil. I don't want my kid to learn such stuff.

The book is nice and in most cases accurate, nevertheless as a person that has been living in Poland for over 6 years and having also polish background there are some aspects of the book that should be clarify. One of them is at the very end when she mention that polish people tend to use diminutives. This is true only for Krakow, in other places the expressions are not mention in the same way. Another aspect that she should clarify is the church. People still going to church, even young show more people go around on Sunday to church and you will find several times that there is not place to seat. I will not point out all the errors, instead I will recognize the effort to show in such a short book how polish people are. Of course the book is outdated in some aspects but is a good first approach to how polish people behave and their traditions, and the fact that she does this in just 86 pages is pretty amazing. show less