Status
Available
Publication
Nancy Paulsen Books (2012), Edition: Illustrated, 32 pages
Library's review
oodson and Lewis’ latest collaboration unfolds with harsh beauty and the ominousness of opportunities lost.
Narrator Chloe is a little grade-school diva who decides with casual hubris that the new girl, Maya, is just not good enough. Woodson shows through Chloe’s own words how she and her
Something of the flipside to the team’s The Other Side (2001), this is a great book for teaching kindness . (Picture book. 5-8)
-Kirkus Review
Narrator Chloe is a little grade-school diva who decides with casual hubris that the new girl, Maya, is just not good enough. Woodson shows through Chloe’s own words how she and her
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friends completely ignore Maya, with her raggedy shoes and second-hand clothes, rebuffing her every overture. Readers never learn precisely why Chloe won’t return Maya’s smile or play jacks or jump rope with her. Those who have weathered the trenches of childhood understand that such decisions are not about reason; they are about power. The matter-of-fact tone of Chloe’s narration paired against the illustrations' visual isolation of Maya creates its own tension. Finally, one day, a teacher demonstrates the ripple effect of kindness, inspiring Chloe—but Maya disappears from the classroom. Suddenly, Chloe is left holding a pebble with the weight of a stone tablet. She gets a hard lesson in missed opportunities. Ripples, good and bad, have repercussions. And sometimes second chances are only the stuff of dreams. Lewis dazzles with frame-worthy illustrations, masterful use of light guiding readers’ emotional responses.Something of the flipside to the team’s The Other Side (2001), this is a great book for teaching kindness . (Picture book. 5-8)
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Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2015)
Monarch Award (Nominee — 2015)
Parents' Choice Book Award (2012)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades K-2 — 2014)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades K-3 — 2014)
Red Clover Book Award (Nominee — 2014)
Ohioana Book Award (Finalist — Juvenile Literature — 2013)
Buckaroo Book Award (Nominee — 2014)
Coretta Scott King Award (Honor — 2013)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Picture Books — 2015)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2017)
West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award (Nominee — 2013-2014)
North Carolina Children's Book Award (Nominee — Picture Book — 2014)
Charlotte Zolotow Award (Winner — 2013)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Winner — 2013)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — High School — 2015)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Picture Books — 2014)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Picture Books — 2014)
Charter Oak Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2014)
Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award (Nominee — 2015)
Show Me Readers Award (Nominee — 2015)
Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (Nominee — 2014)
Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award (Winner — 2014)
CCBC Choices (2013)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (2013-2015)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Five to Nine — 2013)
Notable Children's Book (2013)
Nerdy Book Award (2012)
Teacher Favorites Award (2013)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Picture Books — 2012)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2012
ISBN
0399246525 / 9780399246524