"Spendid...Readers will delight in the youngsters' friendship." --School Library Journal (starred review) This Level 3 Green Light Reader from the award-winning friendship series finds Iris bubbly about becoming a big sister. But when Baby Rose is born, she cries and fusses a lot. Turns out, being a big sister is not what Iris imagined it to be. But with a little help from her best friend, Walter, and Grandpa too, Iris discovers that being a big sister can be fun...at least some of the time. Four chapters of easy reading pleasure accompanied by charming, soft-colored illustrations that capture a full range of very real emotions.
- Pages: 44
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Imprint: Clarion Books
- Series: Iris and Walter
- Publication Date: 9th October 2012
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- Illustration Note: Full-color illustrations
- ISBN: 9780547850641
star "Splendid . . . Readers will delight in the youngsters' friendship."--School Library Journal
"Iris and Walter will join Frog and Toad and Henry and Mudge in a prominent place on the easy-reading shelves."--The Bulletin
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Elissa Haden Guest is the author of Baby Builders, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata, and the award-winning Iris and Walter series. She holds an MFA in children’s literature from Hollins University and teaches classes in writing for children and young adults at Stanford Continuing Studies. She lives in San Francisco, California.
Christine Davenier is an illustrator for young readers and for the French and American press. She illustrated the Very Fairy Princess books by actress Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton. She studied at the National School of Applied Arts in Paris and at the Rhode Island School of Design in the United States.
"Spendid...Readers will delight in the youngsters' friendship." --School Library Journal (starred review) This Level 3 Green Light Reader from the award-winning friendship series finds Iris bubbly about becoming a big sister. But when Baby Rose is born, she cries and fusses a lot. Turns out, being a big sister is not what Iris imagined it to be. But with a little help from her best friend, Walter, and Grandpa too, Iris discovers that being a big sister can be fun...at least some of the time. Four chapters of easy reading pleasure accompanied by charming, soft-colored illustrations that capture a full range of very real emotions.
- Pages: 44
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Imprint: Clarion Books
- Series: Iris and Walter
- Publication Date: 9th October 2012
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- Illustrations Note: Full-color illustrations
- ISBN: 9780547850641
star "Splendid . . . Readers will delight in the youngsters' friendship."--School Library Journal
"Iris and Walter will join Frog and Toad and Henry and Mudge in a prominent place on the easy-reading shelves."--The Bulletin
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Elissa Haden Guest is the author of Baby Builders, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata, and the award-winning Iris and Walter series. She holds an MFA in children’s literature from Hollins University and teaches classes in writing for children and young adults at Stanford Continuing Studies. She lives in San Francisco, California.
Christine Davenier is an illustrator for young readers and for the French and American press. She illustrated the Very Fairy Princess books by actress Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton. She studied at the National School of Applied Arts in Paris and at the Rhode Island School of Design in the United States.