Who's whose?
Record details
- ISBN: 0688146783
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Physical Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, c1998.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | Three very busy families engage in such activities as school, soccer, piano playing, and cooking. |
Target Audience Note: | 1-2 Baker & Taylor |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Family life Fiction |
Available copies
- 5 of 5 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Bridgeport Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | jj ORMEROD (Text) | 34000071484851 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | jj ORMEROD (Text) | 34000073309155 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
East Side Branch - Bridgeport | jj ORMEROD (Text) | 34000071484794 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Kirkus Review
Who's Whose?
Kirkus Reviews
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Readers who may be attempting to grasp the point to this initially puzzling book will find guidance on the jacket flap: ""Mix together 4 parents/1 grandmother/2 guinea pigs/1 dog/8 kids."" The endpapers show the evidence of a chaotic household: pages from datebooks, lists, and appointment cards. The title page gives one more clue; snapshots of three disparate families--one of whom is black--that, henceforth, are jumbled together on the following pages. The kids from the families mix together in home, school, and play; they watch television, dress up, entertain one another, and sleep and nap together in constantly changing combinations while the text asks, ""Who grates the cheese? Who sets the table? Who has homework?"" The characters are not strong enough as individuals to support any kind of story; instead, the book demonstrates how the idea of family has changed, and that, within this book, the clan is exuberant, enjoyable, refreshing, and loving to behold. Ormerod employs a light touch in her excellent, sketchy illustrations. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
School Library Journal Review
Who's Whose?
School Library Journal
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K-Gr 2ÂAs this book is opened, readers see a cluttered array of datebooks, appointment reminders, and to-do listsÂan immediate bombardment that offers a visual foreshadowing of the amiable chaos within. The story tells of three busy families whose lives become so intertwined that individual family groupings are hopelessly blurred, especially at meals and at bedtime. Despite ethnic and other obvious differences such as hair color, readers immediately lose track of "who's whose." With the three families encompassing four parents, a grandmother, eight children (plus one on the way), and a menagerie of pets, disorder is a given. Ormerod adeptly conveys the interconnectedness and affectionate ties among these people. Subtly, but seemingly intentionally, she quickly disorients readers in a hustle of activity, a string of names, and questions. The result is one of touching togetherness, but also utter confusion. Ormerod's pen-and-colored ink illustrations offer some hints to careful observers to help unravel the threads. In the end, it seems it doesn't really matter who's whose. A clever and well-thought-out book that just might go right over the heads of young patrons.ÂChristy Norris Blanchette, Valley Cottage Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
BookList Review
Who's Whose?
Booklist
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Ages 5^-8. Every part of this cheerful, rollicking chronicle of three families' entwined lives is engaging, from the endpapers--a delicious collage of Post-Its, calendar pages, and shopping lists--to the sly humor of a caption at odds with its picture ("Mel and Bea do homework" describes the girls trying on makeup). The pen-and-colored-ink illustrations are framed and unframed, in multiple sizes and perspectives, with small details like rubber duckies and baseballs spilling over. The title page pictures everyone in their family groups, keying them by their hair color, as it introduces us to the blond family of Maggie and her three children, the redheaded Jenny with her teenage Josh and little Jimmy, and the African American family of Bill, pregnant Biddie, their brood of three (Bea, Bugs, and Boo Boo), and Grandma Bea. These families share day care, run errands for each other, and visit as the week goes on, while the text teases us with who is where, "Biddie helps Bea and Mel with their homework while she cooks supper. Who grates the cheese? Who sets the table?" Realistic touches dance through the pages: when Micky gets sick at school, he throws up; when Maggie invites Granny Bea to lunch, she calls her from work. The book promises children hours of fun as they try to track the relationships and activities through the week. It becomes very clear that these people all belong to each other, the extended family extended to the circle of friends who make the fragile latticework of daily life happen. --GraceAnne A. DeCandido
Publishers Weekly Review
Who's Whose?
Publishers Weekly
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With bustling pen-and-inks and an energetic, sometimes tongue-twisting text, Ormerod (The Frog Prince) follows three families through a whirlwind week as they intermingle continuallyÂand confusinglyÂand keep up schedules that will set readers' heads spinning. An action-filled page shows seven children on the move on Monday, as "Josh rides his bike to school,/ Maggie drives Molly and Bugs in the car,/ and Mel and Bea walk, keeping an eye on Micky and Jimmy." At first, it's nearly impossible to keep names and faces straight or, indeed, to discern "who's whose" parent, sibling or pet. But perceptive kids will soon pick up on the author's clever visual and textual clues: one is a family of redheads, one of blondes, one is African American; and alliterative names link the clans togetherÂeven down to Jock the dog, who belongs to Jenny, Jimmy and Josh. Ormerod breaks up her buoyant litany of activities with questions that will keep kids conjecturing: "Who loves Granny Bea most?" or "Who is most tired at the end of the day?" With spreads depicting such kid-pleasing chaos, this may be a difficult book to share: siblings are likely to fight over who gets to figure out who's who first. Ages 4-up. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
The Horn Book Review
Who's Whose?
The Horn Book
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Ormerod's familiar pen-and-ink with watercolor illustrations tell the story of several intermingled families with depth, love, and humor. Readers follow the thirteen characters and four animals through a week of errands, appointments, and chores while they help each other, and we wonder who belongs with whom. Of course, they all belong together. The evocative text encourages active reader participation. From HORN BOOK Fall 1998, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.