Author: Sarah Weeks
Illustrator: Betsy Lewin
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2003)
I asked our school librarian for a book that depicted how kids can have the same feelings as their friends about some things and different feelings about other things.
She dug up this book which so perfectly and subtly addresses this concept.
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This book is so cute! Mirette loves it and I fell in love with it too. Basically, all these animals come into a diner and each one wants an egg cooked in a different style. The same, different.
The illustrations are fantastic and Mirette likes the way you can see various animals walking into the diner, so you know which one is going to be next.
Sarah Weeks has a great website. The most interesting thing I learned about her is that she also writes young adult fiction, likes pies and cooking and that she is part of a readers theater. What this means is that she works with four other famous authors. With script in hand, they act out two of each of their stories--bringing to life the words on the page. She also has written some very successful chapter books for the older set. She has a degree in music composition and has several books with songs to match. We'll be checking them out soon. She is also spunky and adorable!
Here's her website: http://www.sarahweeks.com/index2.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FCfm8yPhlE
Betsey Lewin is best known for illustrating and winning the Caldecott honor for Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type. Of interest, she loves to travel and has written some books in collaboration with her hubby. There's some video footage on her website.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FCfm8yPhlE
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