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 It could always be worse  is a Fiction Children's literature picture book by American author and illustrator Margot Zemach. It could always be worse was published bySquare Fish in 1976.

Description
It could always be worse is a small format book measuring 8.3 x 0.2 x 9 inches

Plot
There was a time a poor unfortunate man who had no other option but to live with his mother, his wife and his six children’s in one room. They were so crowded which always cause problems between them kids always fought with each other and the parents always argued. There was a point where the man couldn’t take it anymore and ran to the rabbi for help. Which wasn’t much help because it reality it just got worse.

critical reception
According to Artemis review " The farmer and his wife need a solution for the noise and quarreling among their six children and grandparents in a one-room house. The fishmonger advises them to bring a goat into their home and promises things will be better, but when that doesn't happen, he advises them to take sheep into their home. Soon there is a menagerie of animals and all of the people inside. The noise and chaos that result do little to "make things better." The fishmonger finally tells the farmer's wife to remove the animals and the environment in the house does become "much better" thanks to the very wise fishmonger."

Description
 My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World is a small format book measuring 0.5 x 7.2 x 8.5 inches

Plot
A girl who is six year old and isn't very wealthy who lives a farmer life searches for her mother. The story proves an old Russian proverb: "We do not love people because they are beautiful, but they seem beautiful to us because we love them." when she finally finds her mother she is able to prove that what she always though of her mother been the most beautiful woman in the world was true in the eyes of a lovable daughter.

critical reception
The importance of understanding between diverse groups and nations was reflected in other books singled out that year for special recognition. The winner of the 1946 Newbery Medal--the highest award for children's literature--was Lois Lenski's Strawberry Girl, a realistic story of the hardscrabble lives of agricultural workers in rural Florida. (6) Among the runners-up for the medal was Florence Crannell Means's The Moved-Outers, another realistic story about the Japanese American experience in World War II relocation camps (and one of the first novels about this experience for readers of any age). (7) Two picture books with positive portrayals of Russia, Becky Reyher's My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World and Lee Kingman's Ilenka, were also among those honored by the ALA children's librarians in 1946. (8) By; Christine Jenkins

Description
 Ella Sarah Gets Dressed  is a format book measuring of 9.30(w) x 10.64(h) x 0.37(d)

Plot
Ella Sarah is a little girl who has a big sense of style different from other in her family. Her parents and sister wish she would dress like them although she enjoys dressing in a very colorful way. When her friends who also dress like a flamboyantly arrive, it’s clear that Ella Sarah’s sense of style is just right.

critical reception
Review from Kenton, Linda M. "In typical toddler fashion, Ella Sarah has her own ideas about what she should wear and persists in her choices despite her family's suggestions. "Her father said, `That outfit is too fancy. Why don't you wear your yellow T-shirt with white shorts, and your tennis shoes?'" Ella Sarah replies with what becomes her refrain. "I want to wear my pink polka-dot pants, my dress with orange-and-green flowers, my purple-and-blue striped socks, my yellow shoes, and my red hat!" At the end, her equally "well-dressed" friends arrive for a tea party. The larger-than-life family members tower over Ella Sarah, with only their torsos and legs showing. The exuberant illustrations, "created using a variety of printmaking techniques," dance and tumble across the pages, adding emotion to her refrain. The vibrant yellows, oranges, pinks, and purples work together surprisingly well-Ella Sarah doesn't look as shocking as one would imagine. This should be a hit at storytime or for one-on-one sharing."

". When readers see her friends gathered for a tea party, it's clear that they all knew just what they wanted to wear--a riot of mismatched color and pattern. Chodos-Irvine uses printmaking for these fabulously patterned images, where wallpaper, rugs, and toys create wonderful rhythms. Ella Sarah's body language, which goes from determined to dejected to defiant to dogmatic, contrasts with the posturing of her parents and sibling, seen from Ella Sarah's point of view, heads cut off by the picture plane. A wonderfully realized artistic conceit with a storyline guaranteed to tickle the fancy of baby fashionistas and their families. "

" Ella Sarah resists their admonitions and proves her sartorial instincts are "just right" when the occasion is a dress-up tea party with her friends. A gifted printmaker, Chodos-Irvine (Apple Pie Fourth of July) uses bright but well-modulated colors, sharply defined shapes and plenty of white space to give the pictures a strong graphic punch and convey a range of emotions. When Ella Sarah's ambitions collide with her mother's disapproval (however mild), Chodos-Irvine shows the confident girl's posture curving into a dejected "S"; when Ella Sarah reaches the breaking point, the illustrator depicts her fury by showing only Ella Sarah's hand on the left, with the toy cat she has thrown, flying across the spread. By conveying her heroine's perspective so convincingly, Chodos-Irvine makes the book's ending a triumph--and one that should strike a chord with dress-up fans everywhere."

Description
 A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever  is a format book measuring of 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.38(d)

Plot
James and Eamon go to a week of nature camp at Eamon’s grandparents’ house. It turns out that their free time spent staying inside, eating waffles, and playing video games is way more interesting than nature, and they seem to prove that things work out best when they don’t go exactly as planned. In this moving and hilarious celebration of young boys, childhood friendships, and the power of the imagination, Marla Frazee captures the very essence of summer vacation and what it means to be a kid."Maria Frazee chronicles a week of summer fun with deadpan humor so dry it spontaneously combusts. Two boys go off to a nature day camp, staying at one of their grandparents' homes during the afternoons and evenings. Neither angels nor berserkers, they are just "two thoroughly modern boys who watch TV, get messy, resist both nature and self-improvement," wrote Kirkus in a starred review. In other words, they are happy in their skins, sweet round heads, stick legs and all, ready for everything and hostage to no expectations. James ( Frazec's son) and Eamon (the son of Frazee's editor, Allyn Johnston) are the life that art imitates. "When the week was over,'" says Frazee, "Allyn called and asked me to write her parents a thank-you note, which, um, of course I was going to do. But then she suggested that I write it in the form of a book. With pictures. She swears this isn't true. But it is. And because she is my editor, I did it." (Ages 5-10)" (Kirkus) ).

critical reception
K-Gr 3--Light-hearted music sprinkled with hints of campfire songs opens Marla Frazee's humorous Caldecott Honor book (Harcourt, 2008) about two boys and their summer vacation experience. Narrators Fred Berman, Teddy Walsh, and Jasper Newell bring the characters to life as young Eamon is joined at his grandparents' beach house by his pal James. The boys embark on a week of "nature camp." Based on real people and events, the story is punctuated by comical contradictions where Frazee's wonderful pencil-and-gouache cartoon illustrations and text clearly represent opposing points of view. For example, James "arrives with just a couple of his belongings," while the illustration shows a boy surrounded by a multitude of boxes, toys, and luggage. As Eamon and James become more and more attached to each other, they are given the moniker "Jamon." Despite Grandpa Bill's repeated attempts at luring the boys to nearby penguin exhibits and outdoor adventures, they prefer to enjoy nature and visit the beach by gazing at the waves from an upstairs window. The narrator does an excellent job of punctuating Frazee's alliterative phrases ("Pam said she preferred people over penguins" and "people hugs over penguin huddles"), and the young male narrators wonderfully reflect the mood of the closing scene as James and Eamon excitedly show the grandparents their Antarctica creation. The book ends with simple directions on how to make a mussel shell penguin. A realistic intergenerational tale and a fun take on what it means to be a kid during summer vacation.

"Good friends James and Eamon have their best week ever while visiting Eamon's grandparents, Bill and Pam, at their house at the beach. Wildly funny, vastly entertaining, and full of spot-on detail that all best friends will recognize, Frazee's book deftly plays text against illustration. We hear about the educational benefits of nature day camp and driving in the car with Bill, while the illustrations show the truth: desperate boredom at camp and, in the car, the acquisition of some exciting new vocabulary words--the unprintable kind." ( Lolly Robinson )

"What emerges is a complete portrait of two thoroughly modern boys who watch TV, get messy, resist both nature and self-improvement--and still get won over by the spell of the great outdoors. The genius here is not that the boys finally get outside in the end; it's that their joy in being together is celebrated equally whether they're annihilating each other in a video game or building a replica of Antarctica on Bill and Pam's dock. As respectful of kid sensibilities and priorities as it's possible for an adult to achieve."

"Bill tries to interest the boys in a museum exhibit on penguins; the inseparable friends ("To save time, Bill began calling them Jamon") show no enthusiasm yet energetically build "penguins" from mussel shells. Frazee's narrative resembles a tongue-in-cheek travel journal, with plenty of enticing pencil and gouache illustrations of the characters knocking about the shoreline. Like The Hello Goodbye Window, Frazee's story celebrates casual extended-family affection, with a knowing wink at the friends' dismissal of their elders' best-laid plans."