My Brother - Hardcover

Browne, Anthony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374351201 ISBN 13: 9780374351205

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2007

Synopsis

The boy in this book has a big brother who is good at everything. He’s a wild rock singer and a terrific climber. He’s read hundreds of books, he writes brilliant stories, and he’s brave enough to stand up to bullies. To his adoring younger brother, this big brother is a hero. More than that – he is really cool. He can even whistle!
 
With bright and funny illustrations that will endear these siblings to readers, this is a fantastic follow-up to Anthony Browne’s popular My Dad and My Mom.

 
My Brother is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

About this title

About the Author:

ANTHONY BROWNE is the author and illustrator of more than thirty books, including The Shape Game, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and was a recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for the body of his work. He lives in Kent, England.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3—"My brother is really cool," boasts a young boy. On widely spaced lined paper, he writes of his older sibling's many attributes. Not only does he have cool ears and hair, but he also wears cool clothes. And he can score "FANTASTIC goals" in soccer, "run so FAST that...he can FLY!," "read HUNDREDS of books," and write "BRILLIANT stories." Browne's over-the-top, whimsical cartoon illustrations are the perfect foil for this child's exuberant praise of his sibling. Big brother's "cool" button is echoed in the many buttons containing accolades like "SUPER BROTHER!" and "He's GREAT!" on the endpapers. Big brother's artwork is so fine that the wolf he has drawn comes to life and frightens Red Riding Hood off the page. The bubble he blows fills a room, and he reads Browne's My Brother in a chair constructed of books and "cool" sandaled feet. The author's fans will recognize his penchant for gorillas, and they will delight in the self-affirming ending when they turn the page after reading, "And guess what...." Cool!—Marianne Saccardi, formerly at Norwalk Community College, CT
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About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0374351201
• ISBN 13: 9780374351205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32