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Summary
Sheila Rae, the Brave is a warm, humorous, and loving story of sibling sympathy and support. Just because Sheila Rae is older, she doesn't always know better!
This classic picture book about overcoming fear is written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes, the nationally bestselling and celebrated creator of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Owen, and Kitten's First Full Moon.
"I am very brave," Sheila Rae said, patting herself on the back. She wasn't afraid of anything--not thunder, not lightning, not the big black dog at the end of the block. And when she wanted to walk home a new way and Louise wouldn't, she called her sister a scaredy-cat and set out alone. But all the bravado in the world failed to help when Sheila Rae found herself lost. Luckily, her sister was not far behind.
"Children will love it."--School Library Journal
Author Notes
Kevin Henkes was born in Racine, Wis. in 1960 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. One of four children in his family, Henkes grew up with aspirations of being an artist. As a junior in high school, one of Henkes's teachers awakened his interest in writing. Falling in love with both writing and drawing, Henkes realized that he could do both at the same time as a children's book author and illustrator.
At the age of 19, Henkes went to New York City to get his first book, All Alone, published. Since that time, he has written and illustrated dozens of picture books including Chrysanthemum, Protecting Marie, and A Weekend with Wendell. A recurring character in several of Henkes's books is Lily, an outrageous, yet delightful, individualist. Lily finds herself the center of attention in the books Chester's Way, Julius, the Baby of the World, and Lily's Purple Plastic Purse.
A Weekend With Wendell was named Children's Choice Book by the Children's Book Council in 1986. He recieved the Elizabeth Burr Award for Words of Stone in 1993. Owen was named a Caldicott Honor in 1994. The Year of Billy Miller was named a Newbery Honor book in 2014.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 3-Laura Hamilton does a wonderful job in this reading of Kevin Henkes' popular book (Greenwillow, 1987). Sheila Rae's self-proclaimed bravery is nowhere to be found when she finds herself lost on the way home from school one day. In an act of sibling-love, her little "scaredy-cat" sister helps out and saves the day. Appropriate sound effects are liberally infused in the recording, along with an occasional musical interlude, heightening the feelings of fear, helplessness, and finally triumph that listeners will feel right along with Sheila Rae. Henkes' gift for writing and illustrating is nicely complemented by this recording. Wonderful for read-alongs (especially for little sisters!), this title will be useful for emergent readers as well as general listening.-Kirsten Martindale, Buford Academy, GA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
The mouse heroine of Henkes's pitch-perfect comedy doesn't frighten easilyshe even growls at stray dogs. But when she gets lost, it's her "scaredy cat" sister who helps her find the way home. Ages 4-up. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
George Ancona and Mary Beth Miller Handtalk Zoo Illustrated with photographs by George Ancona. Molly Bang, Illustrator The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher A Caldecott Honor Book. Janina Domanska, Author-Illustrator If All the Seas Were One Sea A Caldecott Honor Book. Lois Ehlert, Author-Illustrator Feathers for Lunch Denise Fleming, Author-Illustrator Lunch Kevin Henkes, Author-Illustrator Sheila Rae, the Brave Lois Lenski Sing a Song of People Illustrated by Giles Laroche. Margaret Mahy The Great White Man-Eating Shark Illustrated by Jonathan Allen. Helen Oxenbury, Author-Illustrator It's My Birthday Jon Scieszka The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! Illustrated by Lane Smith. Mary Wormell, Author-Illustrator Hilda Hen's Happy Birthday From HORN BOOK, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Ages 4-6. Sheila Rae, a little mouse girl, prides herself on her fearlessness. The dark? She sleeps right through it. A boy in the schoolyard steals her jump rope? She hog-ties him with it. Thunder, lightning, riding a bike with no hands nothing fazes Sheila Rae. Her little sister, Louise, is in awe. But when Sheila Rae decides to take an unfamiliar route home, suddenly she doesn't feel quite so brave and begins to cry. Happily, Louise, who has followed her, does know the way. Now it's the younger sister who walks backward with her eyes closed and growls at stray dogs. Graciously, Sheila Rae tells Louise, `` . . . you are brave and you are fearless.'' ``We both are,'' Louise agrees. A seamless offering, this will both touch and tickle little ones. Henkes packs plenty of appeal into his watercolors outlined in pen and ink and coaxes maximum expressions from the thin lines and dots that serve as the mice's features. Let's see more of these spunky heroines. IC. Sisters Fiction / Courage Fiction [CIP] 86-25761