Ms Coco's Corner: Sibling Rivalry

Title:Charlie and Lola Look After Your Planet
Author: Lauren Child
Reading level: 3-5 and Beyond
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Dial (March 5, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0803733356

Price: $16.99

Classification: Picture Book

Notable Features: Encourages Recycling, Includes Recycling Poster, Printed on Eco-Friendly Paper

Annotation: Favorite siblings Charlie and Lola are book and ready to clean out their room. But what should they do with a the stuff? Learn all about recycling and start your own project with an included poster to keep track!

Evaluation: Charlie and Lola always delight the entire family. A great read aloud that has a fun relatable story with a great message, savvy parents can appreciate.

Author Website: http://www.milkmonitor.com/

Title: Alice and Greta

Author: Steven J. Simmons and Cyd Moore

Pages: 32

Price: $7.95 (Paperback)

Publisher: Charlesbridge+ Publishing

Publisher Date: July 1999

ISBN: 0881069760

Classification: Picture Books

Annotation: Whatever you do comes back to you?

While good witch Alice uses her powers for good, Greta, bad witch and sister to Alice, uses her powers for quite the opposite. In this colorful and cool fairy tale of good witch bad witch, Greta must learn "the brewmerang principle": that whatever you "brew" comes back to you.

Evaluation: I absolutely love this book. It is one of my all time favorites. I love to read it aloud (it's best for 3, 4, or above in age). A wonderful tale about doing good in a classic good witch bad witch genre. Kids are mesmerized by the vidiv colors and root for the witches and their antics. This book and it's series of titles are all ripe to be re-found as a special title in children's literature. The illustrations are phenomenal.

Illustrator Website: http://www.cydmoore.com/books_colormagic.html