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beyondevak's review against another edition
4.0
This book was so funny to me. I cracked up laughing in several places. The ending was priceless.
jbrooxd's review against another edition
4.0
Fun! Having talked with my students about younger siblings, I think they would appreciate this. I'd pair it with The New Small Person. Both books would work to talk with students about how a character changes over time.
katiegrrrl's review against another edition
4.0
Such a cute book. Great for older siblings, who need a book that can reflect how they fell sometimes. When she compares her baby brother to a pirate because he gets in your stuff and you can't understand him, perfect! Like all books about adjusting to siblings this one has the older sibling liking her younger sib, how could she not when he loves her so much.
pussreboots's review against another edition
5.0
Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth! by Sarah Weeks is all about the difficulties of being an older sibling. Sophie is here to set the record straight about the lies parents tell their children about the new baby. It reads like an update to Martha Alexander's Nobody Asked Me if I Wanted a Baby Sister (link to review)
Sophie goes through step by step all the ways babies are impossible, alien, annoying additions to the family. They aren't cute, they can't do anything, they're noisy, they're stinky and so forth.
What Sophie doesn't realize at first is that babies don't stay babies for very long. In fact they change and learn pretty quickly. As they learn they become more interesting. The book takes a charming turn as Sophie's opinion of her brother softens.
When I read this book to my two, I expected my son to relate to the book most as he's the oldest. I was wrong. It was my daughter who found the book hilarious. For every one of Sophie's examples, she wanted to know how she and Sean were like as babies.
Sophie goes through step by step all the ways babies are impossible, alien, annoying additions to the family. They aren't cute, they can't do anything, they're noisy, they're stinky and so forth.
What Sophie doesn't realize at first is that babies don't stay babies for very long. In fact they change and learn pretty quickly. As they learn they become more interesting. The book takes a charming turn as Sophie's opinion of her brother softens.
When I read this book to my two, I expected my son to relate to the book most as he's the oldest. I was wrong. It was my daughter who found the book hilarious. For every one of Sophie's examples, she wanted to know how she and Sean were like as babies.
amdame1's review against another edition
3.0
Sophie tells what it is really like to have a little brother or sister in the house. Kids will love it.
bibliogirl's review
3.0
Reader, beware! There is stuff about smelly babies in this book. Sophie Peterman is very frank about what happens when her little brother comes home to stay, and she warns her audience in no uncertain terms not to be taken in as she was! Younger siblings are pirates, and they are monstrous. They do things you can't imagine, that you can't stand, and sometimes you get in trouble just for defending yourself! Plus, a little brother might eat your favorite marble. Which you will never, ever want to use again once you get it back...
Combining whimsical ideas with situations which seemed altogether too real to some students, Sarah Weeks has created a book which is easy to relate to, while Robert Neubecker's thick line drawings and bright colors enhance the mood. In the end, Sophie comes around to idea of a younger sibling, and students decided that she was being both principled and open-minded in the way she shared her ideas and accepted her little brother. Be prepared for a surprise ending. This is a great book choice for anyone welcoming a new baby into the family; best for kindergarten to second grade, though the humor was much appreciated by older students as well.
Combining whimsical ideas with situations which seemed altogether too real to some students, Sarah Weeks has created a book which is easy to relate to, while Robert Neubecker's thick line drawings and bright colors enhance the mood. In the end, Sophie comes around to idea of a younger sibling, and students decided that she was being both principled and open-minded in the way she shared her ideas and accepted her little brother. Be prepared for a surprise ending. This is a great book choice for anyone welcoming a new baby into the family; best for kindergarten to second grade, though the humor was much appreciated by older students as well.
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