Emma has always wanted a little brother. Now her family is
adopting Max, and Emma is sure he will be the best brother ever.
But Max has his own ideas. He thinks sisters are yucky, and that
Emma is the yuckiest Is this really what having a brother is all
about? In Jean Little''s warmhearted, perceptive story about
adoption, Emma learns that there is more to having a little brother
than she had ever guessed -- and that in order to get the brother
she wants, she must first learn to be the sister he needs.
關於作者:
Jean Little is the author of more than twenty-five books for
children. In addition to Emma''s Magic Winter, her first I Can Read
Book, Ms. Little''s works include the novels Lost and Found,
Different Dragons, From Anna and Hey World, Here I Am, illustrated
by Sue Truesdell. Jean Little has always been interested in
adoption, and she had a first-hand experience with it when her
sister adopted two children several years ago. The family has nine
pets, the most recent addition being Henry Higgins, a talking
African gray parrot. Although Jean Little was born with scarred
corneas that severely impair her vision, she has always loved to
read and to write. She writes with a voice-activated computer and
travels widely with her Seeing Eye dog, Pippa. Ms. Little lives in
Ontario, Canada.