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A Space for Me
CCBC Review:
It’s just not fair that Alex’s big sister gets her own room and he has to share one with his younger brother, Lucas, who is boisterous and messy and always around. Alex never has any place to himself, so he builds a tent by a tree in the backyard, where he enjoys spending time all alone, until he realizes that Lucas isn’t being intentionally annoying, he only wants to be with him. The two brothers come up with a solution: sometimes they play together and sometimes play separately. Falwell’s vivid cut-paper collage illustrations show curly-haired, brown-skinned children problem-solving both together and independently in order to make things work. ©2021 Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Illustrated by Cathryn Falwell
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-6
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Arguments/Conflict
Brothers
Problem-Solving
Diversity subject:
Brown Skin Unspecified
Publisher:
Lee & Low
Publish Year: 2020
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781620149638
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Falwell