When My Brother Gets Home
A brown-skinned preschooler imagines the adventures she and her older brother will have when he gets home from school. All the fun things she describes the two of them will do together are humorously exaggerated by her vivid imagination: attending their own comic book convention (sitting in a tree reading comic books), climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro (scaling a playground slide), building the biggest castle in the neighborhood (constructed of empty cardboard boxes). The spirited little sister keeps herself busy with tall tales while anticipating her brother’s return. When he finally does return, it’s clear that they both enjoy playing together, a refreshing change from the usual sibling conflict stories. There’s a pitch-perfect interplay between text and pictures, with the concise text representing her wild imaginings and the appealing cartoon illustrations showing reality. ©2021 Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
Wisconsin author, Wisconsin illustrator
Tom Lichtenheld was born in Illinois. He graduated from UW-Madison (1979). He currently lives in the Chicago area.
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-7
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Imagination/Imaginary Play
Siblings
Diversity subject:
Brown Skin Unspecified
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publish Year: 2020
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781328498052
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Lichtenheld