An absolutely wonderful book about a little girl who is the apple of everyone's eye until her baby brother arrives. How she deals with being out of the spotlight, and how she moves out of jealousy to a strong bond with her brother, makes a great story for the preschooler who is suddenly displaced by a new sibling. Our family copy has been passed around to friends so much it's in tatters. A pity it's out of print-- look for it in your library.

This is a wonderful book for ages 12 months and up to adulthood. It is a pictorial discussion of the concept that all things change and, while not as things were before, life continues to go on happily. This is a book that can be used to discuss grief topics, such as divorce, death, and moving to a new home with young children. It is a soothing show of continuation through change for pre-verbal children and a jumping off point to discuss these issues with verbal children. The pictures are at times joyful and subdued. All of them point out the fact that change is common and not-all-bad. In fact, good things come from change.

Just a delightful story of sibling sisters; wonderful illustrations and thought-provoking!

My son's Grade 1 teacher (he has just started Grade 12) recently reminded me of this book, which I gave her for her classroom those years ago. Weiss, who has written a number of quirky picture books (_Weekend at Muskrat Lake_, etc) provides us here with words and music to 16 favourite songs, and illustrates each with her charming pastel drawings. Buy this for home use - or for your best teacher.

Eye catchingly unique is an understatement for Nicki Weiss's The World Turns Round and Round. This is an outstanding representation of seperate worlds brought together in the American melting pot, a child's classroom. Symbolizing culture through several means, Weiss celebrates diversity through clothing, stamps, geographical, architectural and language differences. Despite their dissimilarities, a sense of unity prevails from the children knowing that "we're part of here and part of there and the world turns round and round".