Sprout Helps Out
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
From the illustrator of Someday comes a girl-power charmer about helping Mom and making a sweet, sweet mess of it--perfect for Mother's Day, cleaning day, or any day
Sprout's small, but she's good at helping. She makes the bed (with Mom still in it), cooks (if cooking is overflowing the cereal bowl), vacuums (up the cat--almost), and looks after her baby sister Bea (like a champ). Sure, sometimes Sprout's plans backfire, but good intentions go a long way--and make life interesting besides. Yes, Sprout's mama loves her little helper, no matter how big the mess.
All about daughters and moms and helping each other out, this book is bursting with affection, charm, and wit--perfect for fans of Sophie Blackall and Lauren Child's Charlie and Lola series.
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Sprout is the sort of cheery older sister who causes more problems than she solves, and Winstead (Someday) gets smiles from the running disconnect between what Sprout believes is exemplary behavior and pictures that reveal otherwise. "Then Sprout brushes all her teeth... unlike others, who always forget. After everyone is minty fresh, Sprout puts Mom's toothbrush back in its spot." Pencil-and-wash drawings reveal that Sprout has used that toothbrush to polish the family dachshund's teeth. "Sprout also does her own hair. And it always looks perfect" (with scissors, she's removed a big chunk out of her bangs). Sprout looks a bit like a manga character, with big eyes and a surprisingly willowy form for a young child. The story's quiet hero is Sprout's mother, a painter who's resigned to the mayhem so long as Sprout's complacent baby sister stays safe and her older daughter's pride flourishes. When Sprout enters the house with an entire sunflower, roots and all, her mother greets the situation with a game half-smile. It's no surprise when her mother's painting of the flower ends up bearing one of Sprout's muddy handprints. Ages 3 5.
