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In this adorable follow-up to Eva and Sadie and the Worst Haircut EVER! by Jeff Cohen, Sadie teaches her little sister, Eva, all about kindergarten. Sadie knows it's her duty as Big Sister to prepare Eva for school. But all this preparation makes Eva nervous--there's too much homework and no naptime, and how will she ever be able to buy her own lunch at school?
With charming illustrations by Elanna Allen, this story will have young readers in delight watching Sadie as she learns that even though she's a great teacher, it's okay for Eva not to know everything before she starts school. After all, that's what kindergarten is for.
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School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-Little Eva is about to start kindergarten, and her big sister Sadie is going into second grade. Sadie decides that Eva is woefully unprepared for kindergarten, and so Sadie comes up with a plan to get Eva ready. Sadie makes a classroom in their house and works on teaching Eva writing and math. Sadie also tries to show Eva how to master recess activities like the monkey bars. All their endeavors are cutely illustrated using pencil, watercolor, and a touch of Adobe Photoshop. On each page, exceptional illustrations accompany the text, which, rendered in a childlike font, tells a genuine story. As the plot progresses, the girls' parents intervene and help Sadie understand that Eva will be fine at school. As the girls attend the first day of school, Sadie sees Eva in her classroom doing well and determines that "Eva is ready for kindergarten after all." This is a great read-aloud for children getting ready to start school and for kids who might be worried about their younger siblings. VERDICT A strongly relatable and delightful story that most libraries will have a place for in their collections.-Nancy Jo Lambert, McSpedden Elementary Frisco, TX © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Sadie's drillmaster-like efforts to prepare her younger sister, Eva, for kindergarten by impersonating a teacher end up panicking the five-year-old ("I have math sheets to do and I don't even know what math is"). The book is superior to Eva and Sadie and the Worst Haircut EVER! because this one radiates sisterly love, but the soft-shades-only illustrations still lack depth. (c) Copyright 2015. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
An older sister is determined to make sure her little sis is ready for kindergarteneven if it kills her. Sadie is starting second grade, so she's an old pro at school, and she's just the person to make sure that Eva is prepared. After all, kindergarten is way different from preschool: there are no naps, there are choices to make at lunchtime, and there's so much to learn. So Sadie keeps Eva from napping on the weekends and makes use of their home classroom, complete with desks and a blackboard, to quiz, drill, and teach her poor frazzled sister, whose facial expressions, posture, and riot of curls clearly reflect her every feelingand those feelings are not good. Sadie's parents gently point out Sadie's missteps, and she feels bad about making Eva so upset. When the first day finally arrives, though, Eva proves more than ready to tackle it, and her sister's lessons are not the key. Allen's illustrations, done in pencil, watercolor, and a touch of Photoshop, are a delight. Eva is adorably enthusiastic about life, while Sadie is just over-the-top, a pint-sized drill sergeant. Cohen uses tongue-in-cheek humor to slyly point out to kids that not everything they are told about school is true; here's hoping they will take his message to heart. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.