Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1891517 in Books
• Published on: 1993-03
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .36" h x 8.08" w x 10.22" l, .74 pounds
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• 32 pages

From Amazon.com
In childhood, being the youngest often means you're the littlest, too. For Titch, it also means getting the smallest bike--a tricycle, actually--while his older brother and sister get the bigger ones. When his siblings receive glorious, wind-dancing kites, Titch gets a dinky little pinwheel. When big brother and sister get to handle grown-up-sized tools, Titch gets to hold the nail. Author Pat Hutchins, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal for The Wind Blew, shows great compassion for the curse of the youngest, especially in her drawings of Titch's wrinkly, down-turned mouth and his desperate little eyes. In fact, her no-frills illustrations are the perfect reflection of Titch's inescapable plight as the lowest rung on the ladder. In the end, Hutchins presents an opportunity for Titch to be more important and symbolically bigger than either of his siblings. The last born in any family will especially appreciate the littlest one's rising moment of glory--literally--that comes in the satisfying end. (Baby to preschool) --Gail Hudson

From Publishers Weekly
In seldom more than 10 words per page, this deceptively simple tale--accompanied by straightforward figures against white backgrounds--tells of a boy's quiet triumph over his two older siblings. Ages 3-6.
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Ingram
"Titch was little. His sister Mary was a bit bigger. And his brother Pete was a lot bigger. But just as the humblest can be exalted, so the youngest can enjoy a moment of triumph--as the perceptive author demonstrates in a . . . story which blends the economy of text with bright, uncomplicated illustrations."--The Horn Book.