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A Baby Sister for Frances
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A Baby Sister for Frances
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| | | | "It was a quiet evening. Father was reading his newspaper. Mother was feeding Gloria, the new baby. Frances was sitting under the kitchen sink..." (from the first line) When a baby sister arrives, Frances the badger finds a charming way to prove her own importance. Three-color illustrations.
Annotation:
Feeling a little neglected after her baby sister is born, Frances the badger decides to run away form home. Will her family ever see her again? Colored pencil illustrations accompany the text.
| PraiseBulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"The illustrations are charming, echoing the gentle humor and the warmth of the story; a delightful book to be read aloud & a perceptive one." |
| Author BioEncouraged to draw and paint as a child, Russell Hoban eventually went on to write and illustrate children's books, many with his first wife, Lillian. However, he also enjoyed writing, and has written several novels for adults. "Riddley Walker" is the most acclaimed of these novels, winning the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Nebula Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, as well as the Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award.
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