[.ca] Zelda and Ivy: Three Stories about the Fabulous Fox Sisters (ISBN 0763617717)

Sweet Sweet sibling love:
Kvasnosky catches perfectly the family dynamic of the Alphasister with adoring second child. The book is "Rug Rat" likewith the older sister manipulating and spoofing the younger sister at her whim. Perfect. This is a book of sweet memories for me, the ultimate younger sibling -- I have 4 older brothers and sisters. The book has helped modify my oldest childs behavior towards his sister...Being called a Zelda in our family is not good. END

No Morals...Very Disappointed in Scholastic Choice:
I bought this book thru my son's school's Scholastic Book Fair. My son is 3 yrs old. After reading it, I couldn't believe that Scholastic would carry such a book. I think it's awful, and I don't see the "moral" of this story at all. The younger sister gets the short end of the stick every time from her never-remourseful older sister. Yes, at the end, the older sister does give her much beloved baton to the younger sister, but she still has the last words "I am the oldest, so I will go first." when they set out to twirl the baton. I am completely disappointed with this book. I don't want this type of message to be passed to my children. I don't want it in my house, and I am too ashamed of it to even sell it to anyone else that has children. This type of book should not be read to children, in my opinion.

Best book about sisters I've ever seen:
This book is absolutely darling. The author gets right to the action: two sisters play together, camp out together, and interact in real, humorous, and loving ways. Everyone who has grown up with a sister (or brother for that matter) will love these. Illustrations are gorgeous too. Really a perfect book (I gave one to my over-40 sister too...)

A delightful story of two sisters.:
This book is a pure delight. The two fox sisters are adorable in themselves. But the sparse, lively right-on text makes this story priceless. Kvasnosky has captured all the wonders and horrors of having a sibling in a few memorable scenes. I particularly like the way she divided the vignettes into ultra-short "chapters." The last page -- and the last line -- made me laugh out loud. It's brilliant.