A Baby Sister for Frances (I Can Read Books: Level 2)

by Russell Hoban

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While I did not remember the story, the illustrations of Frances are special from my childhood memories. This is a perfect time to share this new sibling storywith my newly big sister AppleBlossom. I love the illustrations and the text. With a mixture of sing song poetry and prose it is a delightful read. Also there are more words here than you seem to find in more recent new sibling stories so this gives it the cuddle worthy reading quality.

We have also recently added the I Can Read! Level 2 edition of this book to our library shelves after a splurge on most of the Frances I Can Read! books by my preschooler's request. Though she is not yet reading on her own, Frances is a character she is requesting often. The I Can Read! edition appears to be the same text, just with extremely large font and in a 6x9 format as per usual with the early readers than opposed to the almost square larger size found in the treasury and assumably if the story were alone. I do prefer the smaller text size as to the book alone or treasury, but I think that the big text in the I Can Read! is just fine. The sing song poems are in italics.