I Need a Lunch Box

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Summary: Sibling Rivalry
Review: Doris is shopping for her first grade school supplies. Her parents buy her a new raincoat, pencils, and a lunch box. Her little brother is certain he needs a lunch box just as much as Doris. He dreams about a different lunch box for every day of the week. In the end he gets his lunch box and a hug from his sister. This brightly illustrated book is a simple story about family and sibling rivalry.

Illustrated and written by the same duo that created the award winning book Just us Women, the non-library bound version has an illustration of the Boy, whose story this is, on the front. Apparently Amazon.com does not carry that version. It also has a write-up about the committment of Caines and Cummings to creating books that are role models for black children. That is the copy I purchased.

The 3 rating is based on the fact that, as a reader and storyteller, I prefer imaginative stories.