Big Red Lollipop

By Rukhsana Khan
Illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Published in 2010

      This author was born in Pakistan and moved to Canada at a very young age. Since she is of a different culture you can see this through her books. With the book that I read I could tell by one first reading her name and two the way her characters were illustrated. Also the names of the characters in the book were represented her background. The base of the story was similar to many. The main character is invited to her first birthday party but her younger sister wants to go as well. Her mother makes her bring her and not only is this embarrassing, but her sister eats her big red lollipop she had saved from the party. Vivid would be an understatement in describing her emotions. One day though her younger sister came home with a party invitation. Of course the youngest wants to go now. Begging and pleading their mother stands by her rule. She must take the youngest sister. This is could be the ultimate payback, but instead the eldest ask her mother to let her go to the part by herself, and their mother agrees. Later that day her sister brings her home a big green lollipop!
    I enjoyed the moral of the story and I think this is a good book that shows retaliation is not the answer. It is always good to help one another. Even students who do not have siblings could relate to this story.
      Also I liked how the illustrations helped set the mood of the book. They were focused mainly on the characters of the story. You could see the emotion on their faces. I also liked the page where she was chasing her sister around the house. It gave a birds eye view and the path they took followed the text.

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