Winter – I Can

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Winter

Personal Author:

Winter, Susan

Title:

I Can / by Susan Winter.

Publication info:

New York:  Dorling Kindersley, c1993

Physical description:

Unpaged ; col. ill.

Summary:

Families everywhere will recognize the relationship between an older and a younger child: she tries to do everything he does, and clearly adores him. He likes that. I CAN is told from the older child’s point of view, and ME TOO, its sibling book, is the younger child’s story. At the center of both books is the bond between the two children.

Subject term:

Brothers and Sisters—Juvenile fiction

Subject term:

Growth–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

1564581977

Tags:

children, brothers, family, growth, relationships, siblings, sisters

Coleman – Getting along with brothers and sisters

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Coleman

Personal author:

Coleman, William L.

Title:

Getting Along With Brothers and Sisters / William L. Coleman

Publication info:

Minneapolis MN:  Augsburg Fortress, c1993.

Physical description:

124 p.

Summary:

How can a child love, or even tolerate, a brother or sister who is a tease and who puts down everything he tries? This book offers support and advice for children ages 8-12 who struggle with jealousy, competitiveness, and feelings of inadequacy.

Subject term:

Sibling rivalry—Religious Aspects—Juvenile literature.

Subject term:

Brothers and sisters—Religious Aspects—Juvenile literature

ISBN:

0806626690

Tags:

brothers, children, Christian life, Christianity, competiveness, family, jealousy, sisters, support

Blume – Tales of a fourth grade nothing

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Blume

Personal Author:

Blume, Judy.

Title:

Tales of a fourth grade nothing. Illustrated by Roy Doty.

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Publication info:

New York: Dell Publishing c1972

Physical description:

120 p. illus. 22 cm.

Summary:

Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem.

Subject term:

Brothers–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Families–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

44048474X

Tags:

brothers, children, children’s, children’s fiction, children’s literature, family, Fudge, funny, humor, juvenile, juvenile fiction, realistic fiction, sibling rivalry, siblings, young adult

Polacco – My rotten redheaded older brother

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Polacco

Personal Author:

Polacco, Patricia.

Title:

My rotten, redheaded, older brother / Patricia Polacco.

Publication info:

New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1994.

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., port. ; 29 cm.

Summary:

After losing running, climbing, throwing, and burping competitions to his obnoxious older brother, a young boy makes a wish on a falling star.

Subject term:

Brothers–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Sibling rivalry–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

0671727516 (lib. bdg.) : $17.95

Winter – Me too

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JEFIC W

Winter

Personal Author:

Winter, Susan.

Title:

Me, too / by Susan Winter.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publication info:

London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley, 1993.

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Summary:

A young girl likes trying to do all the things her big brother can do, but he is more successful at them than she is.

Subject term:

Growth–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Brothers and sisters–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

1564581985

Ludwig – Wright brothers

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Wright

Author     Ludwig, Charles, 1918-
Title     The Wright brothers : they gave us wings / by Charles Ludwig ; illustrated by Barbara Morrow.
Publisher     Milford, Mich. : Mott Media, c1985.
Descrip.     183 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Series     The Sowers
Bibliog.     Bibliography: p. [179]-180.
Notes     Includes index.
Summary     Tells about the two brothers and bicycle makers from Dayton, Ohio, who built a flying machine.
Subject     Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 — Juvenile literature.
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 — Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics — United States — Biography — Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics — Biography.
Alt Author     Morrow, Barbara.
ISBN     0880621419 (pbk.)

Nesbit – Absolutely Perfect Summer

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Newbit

Personal Author:

Nesbit, Jerrfey Asher

Title:

Absolutely Perfect Summer / Jerrfey Asher Nesbit

Publication info:

Wheaton, IL:  Harold Shaw Publishers, c1991

Physical description:

211 p.

Subject term:

Baseball— Juvenile Fiction

Subject term:

Brothers—Juvenile Fiction

ISBN:

0877880050

Tags:

Baseball, Brothers, Family life, Sports, Summer

Yep – Later ‘gator

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Yep

Personal Author:

Yep, Laurence, 1948-

Title:

Later, Gator / Laurence Yep.

Publication info:

New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c1995.

Physical description:

122 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary:

Teddy finds that his imagination has gotten him into trouble once more, when he buys his younger brother Bobby an alligator for his birthday.

Subject term:

Chinese Americans–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Brothers–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Alligators–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Birthdays–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

078681277X

Higgs – Thorn in my heart

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Higgs

Personal Author:

Higgs, Liz Curtis.

Title:

Thorn in my heart / Liz Curtis Higgs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication info:

Colorado Springs : Waterbrook Press, c2003.

Physical description:

484 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Summary:

Two brothers fight to claim one father’s blessing.   Two sisters long to claim one man’s heart.
In the autumn of 1788, amid the moors and glens of the Scottish Lowlands, two brothers and two sisters each embark on a painful journey of discovery.
Jamie and Evan McKie both want their father Alec’s flocks and lands, yet only one brother will inherit Glentrool.  Leana and Rose McBride both yearn to catch the eye of the same handsome lad, yet only one sister will be his bride.
A thorny love triangle emerges, plagued by lies and deception, jealousy and desire, hidden secrets and broken promises.  Readers familiar with the biblical account of Isaac and Rebecca, their twin sons Jacob and Esau, and Jacob’s search for a wife will have no trouble discerning how the plot unwinds.

Subject term:

Triangles (Interpersonal relations)–Fiction.

Subject term:

Inheritance and succession–Fiction.

Subject term:

Brothers–Fiction.

Subject term:

Sisters–Fiction.

Geographic term:

Scotland–History–18th century–Fiction.

ISBN:

157856512X (pbk.) : $13.99

Enger – Peace like a river

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Enger

2001

Personal Author:

Enger, Leif.

Title:

Peace like a river / Leif Enger.

Publication info:

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2001.

Physical description:

311 p.

Summary:

Hailed as one of the year’s top five novels by “Time, ” and selected as one of the best books of the year by nearly all major newspapers, “Peace Like a River” is a national bestseller . In “lyrical, openhearted prose” (Michael Glitz, “The New York Post”), Enger tells the story of  11-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy obsessed with cowboys living in 1960s Minnesota, while the Land family’s cross-country search for Reuben’s outlaw older brother, who has been charged with murder.

Subject term:

Boys–Fiction.

Subject term:

Fathers and sons–Fiction.

Subject term:

Motherless families–Fiction.

Subject term:

Brothers–Fiction.

Subject term:

Outlaws–Fiction.

Geographic term:

Minnesota–Fiction.

ISBN:

087113795X