My Rotten Readheaded Older Brother

Bibliographic Information : Polacco, P. (1998). My Rotten Readheaded Older Brother. New York, New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.

Brief Annotation: A story about Patricia’s older brother Richard. They are constantly fighting on who can do something better or faster than the other. Richard likes to trick her and seems to be winning every battle. Patricia wishes on a falling star that she will be able to do something better than her older brother. The next day her family goes to the carnival and she ends up riding the merry-go-round longer than Richard does! The next thing she knows, she wakes up to Richard telling her that she has finally done something special.

Genre: Fiction

Grade Level: K-4

Readers who will like this: Readers who have siblings.

Response/Rating (1-4): 4 out of 4. This was an awesome book! Every kid has their own battle with their siblings that they are able to relate to this.

One question you would ask before a read aloud: Who has any brothers or sisters? Do you guys ever fight or try to outdo one another?