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Robert wishes Stevie, a house guest, would go away but when he does Robert realizes how much fun they had together.
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LibraryThing member frances2791
Robert's mother has agreed to help her friend who has to work extra hours, by taking care of her small son Stevie. The responsibility falls of Robert to take Stevie wherever he goes. Needless to say feelings of resentment and annoyance grow in Robert but at the end he is surprised by his feelings
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once little Stevie is gone. This book is low on illustrations which is an excellent opportunity to allow a child to create his own. Show Less
LibraryThing member CasieBelaire
Robert has a little friend that comes to stay with him and his mother and father. The friends name is Stevie. Robert did not like Stevie very much because Stevie would always break his toys, get his way, leave muddy foot prints on his bed, and he always had to Stevie along with him. Robert’s
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friends would laugh at him and say, “Ha, ha. Bobby the baby-sitter.” Robert was not happy that Stevie came to live with them. Every Saturday, Stevie’s parents would come pick him up and then bring him back to Robert’s house on Sunday. One Saturday, Stevie’s parents came to pick him up, but this time it was different. Stevie’s parents said that they were moving and he wasn’t going to come back anymore. Robert got up the next morning and made two bowls of cereal, one for him and one for Stevie. That’s when Robert realized, Stevie is not coming back and it is back to it being just him. Robert is sad remembering all the fun and good times he had with Stevie. Stevie was like a little brother to Robert. John Steptoe, an amazing painter, uses his own pictures for this book. This was Steptoe’s first book and the illustrations he painted and used were amazing. Show Less
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
Read in?�The 20th Children's Book Treasury.?áI can see how this was a landmark book in it's time, and the message that it's ok to have mixed feelings about things is important. ?áI, personally, don't care for the artistic pictures, but I can see the appeal for readers of 1969?átired
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of?áWilliams and Wilkins. Show Less
Awards
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Primary — 1991)
Original publication date
1969
ISBN
0064431223 / 9780064431224