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bickie's review against another edition
4.0
Simple story of an outing; Carmela finally gets to go with her brother through the town to the laundromat. Excellent attention to detail makes it a great mentor text for students working on their own writing, either writing about their own simple outings or continuing this story or speculating on what Carmela's wish is.
mbrandmaier's review against another edition
4.0
Carmela is finally old enough to go into town with her big brother. But she finds herself in a quandary when her brother tells her she needs to make a wish with the dandelion she picked.
seregelda's review against another edition
3.0
Good, but I don't like that she takes her bracelets off at the end, that really bothered me. Her brother's surprise was nice, but not take off your birthday bracelets nice, lol.
kelleemoye's review
4.0
A coming of age picture book mixed with sadness yet hope and a sister/brother relationship that seemed very real. And of course ridiculously awesome illustrations by Christian Robinson.
ngreader's review
4.0
Beautiful illustrations and story although it is very text heavy. I did love all of the different wishes that can show children the different type of concerns that exist outside of their own. Might be good for a birthday storytime if this is the first book.
teganbeesebooks's review
4.0
Another great book by this duo. A beautiful story about a girl wanting the best for her family.
sasha_in_a_box's review
3.0
I was rearing to love this after Last Stop on Market Street, but was oddly underwhelmed and disappointed. Carmela's immersion in the community wasn't as profound, and her relationship with her companion, older brother (as opposed to grandma) was less organic and kind of problematic. Which is fine, our relationships aren't perfect and older brothers are entitled, nay, sometimes required to be annoyed by their little sisters - but that wasn't addressed and I really wish it had, especially when he left her on the side of the street to go inside his friend's house.
The biggest thing that bothered me is that throughout the book, Carmela is enjoying the jangly bracelets she got for her birthday, but they clearly irritate her brother. Instead of, you know, him learning that she's a cute 8-year-old and she should be who she is, Carmela (in shame?) takes them off at the end so as to no longer bother him. Very odd message that left me feeling gross.
5 glowing stars for the art, deflated balloon for the story.
The biggest thing that bothered me is that throughout the book, Carmela is enjoying the jangly bracelets she got for her birthday, but they clearly irritate her brother. Instead of, you know, him learning that she's a cute 8-year-old and she should be who she is, Carmela (in shame?) takes them off at the end so as to no longer bother him. Very odd message that left me feeling gross.
5 glowing stars for the art, deflated balloon for the story.