Sweet Jasmine, Nice Jackson: What It's Like To Be 2--And To Be Twins! - Hardcover

Harris, Robie H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689832591 ISBN 13: 9780689832598

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry, 2004

Synopsis

Captures the colorful and amusing goings-on of curious and creative two-year-old twins Jasmine and Jackson as they explore their world while living their third year of life together.

About this title

From Booklist:

K-Gr. 3. The third book in the Growing Up Stories series, following Hello Benny! (2002) and Go! Go! Maria! (2003), features two-year-old African American twins as they go about the business of being toddlers: trying to do things on their own, sampling new words like "footsies," "socksies," and "no," and beginning to learn how to use a potty. Acknowledging that there's some truth to the phrase "terrible twos," Harris calmly explores the reasons toddlers act the way they do--and also what it means to be a twin--in informative paragraphs interspersed throughout the story narrative. Tantrums and incessant questions can be exasperating, but the empathic approach depicted here will go a long way toward smoothing the ride for everyone. Emberley's colorful watercolor, pastel, and ink drawings bring the twins to exuberant life; whether throwing a tantrum, running around bare-bottomed, or playing, these two Everykids show realistically, yet cheerfully, just what it's like to be two. A great book to help older brothers and sisters understand what's going on with their younger sibs. Diane Foote
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About this edition

• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0689832591
• ISBN 13: 9780689832598
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Emberley Michael