Books with title Big Sister, Little Sister

Edgewood is many houses, all put inside each other, or across each other. It's filled with and surrounded by mystery and enchantment: the further in you go, the bigger it gets. Smoky Barnable, who has fallen in love with Daily Alice Drinkwater, comes to Edgewood, her family home, where he finds himself drawn into a world of magical strangeness.Crowley's work has a special alchemy - mixing the world we know with an imagined world which seems more true and real. Winner of the WORLD FANTASY AWARD, LITTLE, BIG is eloquent, sensual, funny and unforgettable, a true Fantasy Masterwork.Winner of the WORLD FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL, 1982.

Lucy thinks her little sister, Mia, is a monster. She follows Lucy everywhere, wreaks havoc in her room, and steals her spotlight. When at last Lucy has had enough, she yells, "You little monster, GO AWAY!"But Lucy never imagines that Mia might disappear into a land of REAL monsters! What's a big sister to do?This riotous, honest, and affectionate story will strike a wildly familiar chord with siblings of all ages!

Whether you’re big or little, learning about opposites has never been more fun - or funny - than with this winning book.Ladies are big, but ladybugs are little. Amiably illustrated in a bright, graphic style, Leslie Patricelli’s spirited book, BIG LITTLE, stars an obliging, bald, and very expressive toddler who acts out each pair of opposites with comically dramatic effect.

Edna is the little sister. Hester is the big sister. Put the two together and you have one sister act that can't be beat.In four humorous, easy-to-read stories, Edna and Hester capture the essence of sisterhood as they boss each other around, stick up for each other at the swimming pool, share candy, and make Thunder Cookies. Full of ingenuity and pluck, Hester and Edna are two winning characters young readers are sure to find endearing.At once charming and quirky, this chapter book is ideal for beginning readers, especially those who know just what it means to be a sister--big or little.

The Little Sister is a classic detective novel by the master of hard-boiled crimeHer name is Orfamay Quest and she's come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or leastways that's what she tells PI Philip Marlowe, offering him a measly twenty bucks for the privilege. But Marlowe's feeling charitable - though it's not long before he wishes he wasn't so sweet. You see, Orrin's trail leads Marlowe to luscious movie starlets, uppity gangsters, suspicious cops and corpses with ice picks jammed in their necks. When trouble comes calling, sometimes it's best to pretend to be out . . .'Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph 'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony BurgessBest-known as the creator of the original private eye, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888 and died in 1959. Many of his books have been adapted for the screen, and he is widely regarded as one of the very greatest writers of detective fiction. His books include The Big Sleep, The Little Sister, Farewell, My Lovely, The Long Good-bye, The Lady in the Lake, Playback, Killer in the Rain, The High Window and Trouble is My Business.

Big Sister, Little Sister illustrates the relationship between a big sister and a little sister from its inception until little sister begins to demand her independence from the tutelage of big sister. Through insight gained from observing the dynamics between two of her granddaughters and from personal experience having been a little sister, Cheryl Newsome illuminates the conflicting emotions of jealously and love big sisters have for little sisters. In addition is how that conflict was resolved to some degree by big sister mothering little sister, which enabled big sister to continue to be the center of attention as the firstborn. Big Sister, Little Sister is a book younger children can relate to. It is also a heartwarming book that stirs up memories of childhood if you are a big sister, little sister, big brother, or little brother.

Lucy thinks her little sister, Mia, is a monster. She follows Lucy everywhere, wreaks havoc in her room, and steals her spotlight. When at last Lucy has had enough, she yells, "You little monster, GO AWAY!"But Lucy never imagines that Mia might disappear into a land of REAL monsters! What's a big sister to do?This riotous, honest, and affectionate story will strike a wildly familiar chord with siblings of all ages!