Big Sister and Little Sister

by Charlotte Zolotow

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For young readers, a haunting story about two sisters and what they learn from each other.

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This is such a realistic story, and sweet as well.

We have two sisters. The older one, like older sisters everywhere, is very protective of her younger sister. She doesn't jump rope, or go to school, or sew a button without making sure her sister is safe. And her sister lets her, until one day she's tired of having cookies and lemonade managed for her, and tired of being told how to do things and when.

So she leaves. She leaves her house, and her block, and goes right to an empty field where she lies down and thinks about things for a while.

And when her worried big sister comes out the door, the little one stays still and doesn't answer, and doesn't answer, until her older sister sits right down and cries.

At this point the little sister show more does just the right thing, which she's learned from her older sister. And as they go home, we're told that they now protected each other, and I cry.

It's just a very sweet story, one I really recommend for any sister.
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I love this book beacause it is simple looking and it really shows how an older sister can go from being over protective of her little sister to learning from her little sister.
Sweet story about sisters and things that go wrong. Shows that sometimes even though you are older you can still learn lessons from younger ones. Great to read for any student with siblings.
This is a heartwarming story about two sisters. The little sister decides to run away from her overprotective big sister. She goes to think, and when her sister comes looking for her she hides. She hears her sister crying and decides to go over to her.
In the beginning of this book, big sister helps little sister do everything. Little sister starts to get tired of big sister telling her what to do, so she ran away into the daisy field. Big sister came looking, but could not find her and began to cry. Little sister came out and comforted her, and from then on both sisters comforted each other.
This book relate the relationship between two sisters, the older and the younger. It outline what they can accomplish each and how they love and care for each other.
Such a cute and wonderful story about two sisters and their love for one another! So sweet!

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Charlotte Zolotow was born Charlotte Gertrude Shapiro on June 26, 1915 in Norfolk, Virginia. She studied at the University of Wisconsin, where she took classes in art, writing and child psychology. She began her publishing career in New York, in the adult trade-book division of what is now known as HarperCollins, but eventually took a job in the show more children's division. As an editor, she presided over her own imprint, Charlotte Zolotow Books. She was named publisher emerita at HarperCollins in 1991. Her first picture book, The Park Book, was published in 1944. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 90 children's books including Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, My Grandson Lew, William's Doll, The Hating Book, and The Seashore Book. In 1998, the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) at the Univeristy of Wisconsin - Madison's School of Education established the Charlotte Zolotow Award, which is an American literary award presented annually for outstanding picture book writing published in the United States in the preceding year. Zolotow died on November 19, 2013 at the age of 98. show less

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Children's Books, Picture Books
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823.9Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-
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PZ7 .Z77 .BLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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