Please, Louise!

by Frieda Wishinsky

Book Overview

Louise is an irresistible force, determined to be as close to her brother as she possibly can. Jake tries everything he can think of to make her leave him alone, but she refuses to go away. When Jake,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888997965
• ISBN13: 9780888997968
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

Great book about siblings

This is a fabulous book ---captures siblings behaviour very well. Both my children enjoy reading it --- especially my 3 and half year old who really identifies with Louise, having an older brother herself who frequently needs some space from her. She likes to read it frequently and acts out the dialogue in the book with her animals.

Sibling torture and love at its best!

Please, Louise perfectly captures the tense relationship between Louise, about 4ish, and her older brother Jake, maybe 7ish. She follows him around, messes up his stuff, and just generally annoys him. When he tries to ditch her by going outside to read a book, she follows him, of course - but when he looks up from his book, Louise is nowhere to be found. Weirdly, Jake was just wishing that Louise was a dog instead of a girl and lo and behold, a little pup appears out of nowhere! Great ending, and the watercolor, pencil and collage illustrations by Marie-Louise Gay are fabulous, full of energy and detail - note Jake's untied shoelaces! The quality of the printing is terrific, just the right sheen to the page and the contrast between the watercolor and pencil in saturation and light makes the illustrations even more captivating.