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Rosemary knows what it's like to be an only child: there are grownups everywhere! Brothers and sisters are what she wants. Even when they argue, it's like belonging to a special club, she thinks. How can she get a larger, more lively family? Rosemary is stumped, until she discovers some "only" creatures and figures out a way to bring home what's missing in her life.
Humorous illustrations that pop with personality show Rosemary growing from a bewildered baby surrounded by too many hovering adults to a confident backyard ringmaster who proves that being an only child can be fun!
Humorous illustrations that pop with personality show Rosemary growing from a bewildered baby surrounded by too many hovering adults to a confident backyard ringmaster who proves that being an only child can be fun!
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CARI BEST's most recent book is Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. She lives in Weston, Connecticut. SOPHIE BLACKALL is the illustrator of Meet Wild Boars, a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon selection. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Being an only child has its pros and cons, but for Rosemary, the latter outweigh the former. Always being the center of some adult's attention ("I am the honey in their hive") wears thin. The answer seems to be for her parents to have another child, but they aren't interested in that solution. Then Rosemary comes up with her own way to stop being an only: she begins collecting other singletons. Her first is just a rock. Then she adds a turtle, followed by a rabbit, a cat, and a dog. Before long, Rosemary, though still an only, is no longer alone. The story meanders, and Rosemary's heartfelt plea to be someone's sister is left hanging. But it's good to have a story that centers on the frustrations that can come with being the sole focus for parents. Blackall, who elevates everything she illustrates, has a knack for using clever details to get the humor across; here those touches are everywhere—in the costumes, the decoration, and especially in the expressions. She makes the message fun. Cooper, Ilene
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- PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0374399433
- ISBN 13 9780374399436
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- Number of pages32
- IllustratorBlackall Sophie
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