Welcome to Litsy!

“Ready to see some Dinosaurs, will? YEAH Dinosaurs. DIEEEE-NO-SAUR. DINOOOOOO. DI-DI-DI-DI-DI... Can't you be excited quietly?!!!“

I really liked the wide range of relatability within this book. The graphic novel component adds another layer of detail that adds to the visualizing ability this book provides. The variation in speech bubbles and thickness of lines add to the blocking and emphasis on certain elements of the story.

I really enjoy the development of the story with the book opening and Raina meeting her new siblings. As the story progresses, situations like roadtrips and how to navigate experiences with siblings are shown with much visual contrast and variation to add to the busy chaotic experience of growing up with siblings.

“ being a sister is all about sharing, whether it‘s a laugh, a secret, or a big mess.”

I think this book would be a great book to include in your classroom library. It goes through many stages of life and is a really good read!

i‘ve really like how this book identifies the ups and downs of having a sibling and how it describes the different challenges of growing up!

I enjoyed this one.

Library Book.

4/5

I felt bad for Raina through a lot of this one. It was a well-told story, but it made me not like most of the family. I‘ve read a fair number of these GN memoirs recently (Shannon Hale‘s Friends, and the Nat series by Maria Scrivan is a fiction version) and they‘re all good. I‘m glad kids have books like these now.

Not sure if it was the same park, but when my oldest niece was about 7, my mom planned a trip to meet my brother‘s family for a vacation. It included a dinosaur park like this. My niece was so horribly disappointed she cried. Somehow she‘d gotten this idea there was a dinosaur petting zoo, and was just heartbroken that she couldn‘t meet and play with actual dinosaurs. This bit reminded me of that story and made me smile.

Graphic Novel, 2014. This is a book about a girl who gets a new baby sister, but their relationship isn‘t how she expected it to be. Her baby sister plays by herself and is cranky, and their relationship doesn‘t improve much over the years. When a baby brother comes into the mix, they figure out how to have a better relationship as sisters.

“Why did I ever ask for a sister?!”

One thing I found interesting was that the cover does not feature the actual characters inside the story.

This book is easy to follow and the font of the speech bubbles represents the ideal comic to me. The story is cute and easy to read, however it is extremely long and not broken up at all into chapters. There are also many boxes on each page of all different sizes, so it may be difficult to read.

“Girls! Calm down. We will get batteries at the next gas station”

Very relatable graphic novel that focuses on sibling relationships. Two sisters have to figure out how to be nice to each other and stick together because now they have a baby brother. Anger and humor combined to portray sibling rivalry.

This book was published in 2014. The illustrations are really good in this book. I remember reading this book as a kid because my sister and I use to fight really bad as kids.

“And the sister I actually have hates me”

This story is told by using comic strips of color, fonts, and different time periods to show a cute story , many kids can relate to!

such a good read! This story of 2 sisters and their relationship is shown as the POV switches between the past , and present. Uses comic strips!

WHY DID I EVER ASK FOR A SISTER?!

“For Christmas, I asked for world peace, some new markers, a job for dad, and the newest babysitters book club!”

The dark colors really brought to life how the older sibling felt about having a younger sibling.

This book is really good about teaching kids about having siblings and has so many cool and fun illustrations. The illustrator used a lot of dark colors to describe the sadness that the older sibling felt about having a younger sister.

3✨The animation like the previous book was really good. The story was one most of us can relate to growing up with siblings. There is also a road trip situation that all of us our familiar with in getting on each other‘s nerves. It was meh overall.

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/p0h0_tEhrHc

Enjoy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER @LiteraryinLititz !!! Love you so much and so grateful for another year of your impeccable book recommendations!! 😍😁🎉

Like the author, I‘m from the SF Bay Area, and I loved seeing details that are super specific to the area, like Toto‘s Pizza 🍕🍕🍕

Fun graphic novel about the perils of having a sister - especially on a cross country road trip!

Afternoon reading.

I really liked this book because it‘s actually non-fiction but the story is so heart felt and interesting that students would really enjoy it and it‘s easy to draw connections with! This book is a non-fiction/ autobiography novel and is a Will Eisner and New York Times best seller. I would use this book for a Literature circle as well but more as a beginners literature circle to get the hang of it because it is a bit shorter than most novels.

This book is great if you have a sister, which I do so I could definitely relate. This RF I would use as an IR. Definitely more of a personal book to be read at home. It was a Will Eisner Winner.
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UDL: Foster collaboration and community (8.3)
EL: #3 encourage self-talk

Another enjoyable graphic from Telgemeier. I bought this one for my middle one , we have exactly the same biological composition as the children in the book and some moments are very similar to ours, others of course are not. My two daughters are more similar than the ones in the text and that's possibly why they don't fight as much. A good fun quick read nonetheless. Recommend for anyone with 30mins to spare.

A peaceful moment among the worldwide chaos. I knew something was going on because it was too quiet! Luckily, it was something good. 😂 They‘re both (re)reading graphics by Raina Telgemeier. We do love our graphic novels. When I snapped the pic my son asked, “Is this for Litsy?” I guess I‘m predictable. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I liked this, but didn't love it. The different facets of the story were interesting & I liked the depiction of how hard life is at 14: everything is changing (inc. family relationships), younger siblings are a pill, & all you want is to disappear into your music. What didn't work for me was the way these stories were combined & how few were resolved. I did like how it ended, but I couldn't help feeling a sense of anxiety about the missing pieces.

I like the road trip theme. Didn‘t love the sisters constant fighting. I have sisters and we don‘t fight that much.

This book is about Raina and her younger sister, Amara. This book details a long summer road trip taken from San Francisco to Colorado by her family. The main conflict in this novel is interpersonal, ( Raina vs. Amara ). This book is interpersonal because Raina and her younger sister Amara never get along and if they don‘t start soon, they never will.

I really love this book, it has so much heart and humour. The heart part of the story was mixed in well with money, job and relationship problems problems. If you like books that are funny but still have some sadness and maturities I think you will like this book. I think the author was feeling happy about writing this book because it shows that even if you don‘t always get along with your siblings you guys can last together in a car for a week!

I love rediscovering notes that my sister wrote to me when she was little 😂 we have a long standing joke about vampires which kind of explains this photo - I just remember how much fun we used to have taking silly selfies with an old school digital camera 😂

🎥 Can you guess the movie from the quote? (They don‘t say ‘I love you‘ in the movie)

This author, writes AMAZING BD!!!
Keep up the good work Raina

I did an author study on Raina Telgemeier for my children‘s lit class, so I had an excuse to finally read this companion book to Smile. Really, I have not read any of her books that I have not enjoyed.

Free Comic Book Day, part 2! After I left the gals, I stopped by two more of the shops I like, so here is my final #BookHaul. Yes, I realize Uprooted isn't a comic book, but one of my faves is a used book store as well and I have been wanting this since I read it. Also, it looks like I'll finally be reading Raina Telgemeier! All in all, it was a nice day!

A good follow-up story to Smile. I always wanted a sister and after reading this, I was laughing my butt off between their back-and-forth banter! It‘s amazing as to how these sisters fought constantly, but they made it through a long road trip just fine 😊
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I‘ve read several graphic novels by Raina Telgemeier and have enjoyed them all. This one, while interesting, felt like it lacked a complete story arc. I much preferred the first memoir she did, Smile.

Love this author! Stole my daughter's book so I could catch up!

My face when my tween tells me slime spilled in her backpack with 4 hardback library books inside 😒 So she will be mowing lawns to help pay for that huge mess. We had to throw her backpack away too! #summervaction #needwine #sodonewithslime

#HopIntoSpring Day 10: As a graphic novelist, Telgemeier is pretty much unparalleled when it comes to portrayal of #Siblings - the overwhelming success of these three graphic novels is a testament to that fact.