Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick

Concise - effectively and entertainingly gets the theme of 'either share or get your come-uppance' across in fewer words that it's taking me to write this review. Funny, cute, and, yes, sweet. I will look for more stories about Sheila Rae and Louise.

Kevin Henkes wrote and illustrated this short tale about two sister mice with only one peppermint stick. Sheila Rae, the older sister, does a little bit of taunting, but Louise gets some of the candy too.

The sweet illustrations accompany a story that shows an imperfect character; little siblings will identify with the experience of having a cantankerous older siblings, and older ones will know how hard it is to share everything. This is an excellent book for the pre-school set.

This 2001 offering from Henkes was the first of a series that recycles past characters in short, weak, overpriced, holiday-themed stories. These can be read in a minute or less. so they are rather ineffective as a bedtime delaying tactic.

As a parent of a child who loved the original stories, it's been impossible to avoid purchasing these mini-sequels; but I sure haven't felt like we've been getting much for our money.

FOR REFERENCE:

Rated "Indifferent" in our old book database by Rod; rated "Good" by Adelia.

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this book helps kind to learn to share