Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Eleven-year-old Georgie is still adjusting to leaving Atlanta for a small town, having a stepfather, and being unable to get close to her stepsister when her six-year-old sister, Peaches, suddenly becomes very ill. She knows Peaches can be strong again if she can only see that their family's love for her really is like sky. Suddenly, Mama and Daddy are arguing like they did before the divorce, and even the doctors at the hospital don't know how to help Peaches get better. G-baby is so preoccupied with earning Tangie's approval that she isn't there for her own little sister when she needs her most. G-baby misses her best friend back in Atlanta, and is crushed that her glamorous new stepsister, Tangie, wants nothing to do with her. They live with Mama and Frank out in the suburbs, and they haven't seen their real daddy much since he married Millicent. But have you ever seen the sky run out? No matter how far we go?" "No, when we look up, there it is." "Well that's the kind of love Daddy and Mama got for us, Peaches-love like sky." "It never ends?" "Never." G-baby and her younger sister, Peaches, are still getting used to their "blended-up" family. If you keep driving and driving, gas will run out, right?" "That's why we gotta go to the gas station." "Yep. "Brims with charm and compassion." -Vashti Harrison, New York Times best-selling author of Little Leaders "Love ain't like that." "How is it then?" Peaches asked, turning on her stomach to face me.
Characters feature expressive faces-note the mother’s gasp as her daughter trips, for example-and dynamic postures-like the daughter craning her neck to look up at her mom, who stands high above with her hands on her hips.Paperback.
Her dialogue demonstrates an admirably honest and vulnerable relationship between mother and child, while Lavallee’s colorful, exaggerated illustrations give the story an emotional, dynamic aspect. But still, I would love you.” Joosse’s setting is original, and the progression from sincere to extreme hypotheticals makes the story development engaging. With queries ranging from innocent accidents like breaking eggs, to mischievous deeds like dousing the lamp, to outlandish scenarios like becoming a polar bear, a young girl explores the enduring nature of her mother’s love, which in every situation, is unabated and never-ending, though with a refreshing, realistic frankness that makes the tale enduring. Set in the frozen Alaskan arctic, the story incorporates Inuit details in costuming and environment, like parkas and mukluks, ptarmigan eggs, and umiaks and ermines. Joosse and illustrated by Barbara Lavallee. A young girl explores just how unconditional her mother’s love is in this classic tale written by Barbara M.
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