A sweet tale about kindness, jealousy, and fairness perfect for reading when a child is feeling poorly or is well.
Franz Brandenberg is the author and illustrator of several books
for children.
Aliki is the author and illustrator of more than fifty children's
books, including My Five Senses, Digging Up Dinosaurs, and
Feelings. She grew up in Philadelphia and went to the Philadelphia
College of Art. After graduating, she began a career in advertising
art, and after marrying author and illustrator Franz Brandenberg
moved to Switzerland, where she wrote and illustrated her first
book, The Story of William Tell. Soon after, they moved to New
York, where she created My Five Senses, the book that set off her
career as a children's author and illustrator.
"Elizabeth is envious of all the attention her bedridden brother
receives while she must go to school, do her chores, etc. Of
course, when she comes down with same illness a few days later, she
finds it isn't quite so glamorous as she thought. Aliki's lively
pictures turn a routine set-up into just what the doctor ordered."
--School Library Journal
I Wish I Was Sick Too! is a simple tale told
beautifully...Sick lit is not confined to adult nonfiction, and
this is one of my favourite children’s picture books about illness,
along with Ludwig Bemelmans’s Madeline and Shel
Silverstein’s Every Thing On It." —The Times (UK)
"A common experience, told in simple text, is delightfully
pictured." --The Horn Book
"Human families with their own Edwards and Elizabeths will enjoy
the characterization." --Kirkus Reviews
"This one is bound to be a favorite among the very young."
--Children's Book Review Service
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