The story of two siblings. The oldest sibling is a girl and the "Great" one, she is seen by her little brother as perfect and her parents love her the most. The little brother is the "pain". It is a perfect story of sibling rivalry told from both perspectives. The illustrations a funny and expressive. ( )

This book is a great book about point if view with the view of a big sister and little brother. Both siblings think that their parents love the other one more than the other. They both pose a good argument on why they think this as well. It was very fun to see both sides of the stories and see how the events changed through the voices of the sister and brother. This is a good book to give to siblings to read to make aware that just because you think something, does not mean they are thinking the same thing. ( )

I have always loved Judy Blume books and she's always made me enjoy reading them because they are relatable to her audience, elementary ages. The illustrations were awesome and super helpful to follow along the book with. ( )

I really loved this book! I liked this book for two reasons. One reason being the point of view used. There are two chapters in this book called "The Pain" and "The Great One". The first chapter is written from the sister’s point of view and the second chapter is from the brother’s point of view. It was neat to see what they see and the way they interpret it. In Chapter "The Pain" the sister says "And I really would like to know why the cat sleeps on the Pain's bed instead of mine. Especially since I am the one who feeds her. That is the meanest thing of all!" and then in the next chapter from the brother’s point of view, he reads " My sister thinks she's so great just because she can work the can opener. Which means she gets to feed the cat. Which means the cat likes her better than me just because she feeds her." They both think the cat likes the other more. The second reason I liked this book was because of the illustrations. They were mostly white based and the only splats of color was put into different parts to emphasize what was going on in the story. For example, there is really no background in any of the photos the characters and objects are the only things that have color. The big idea of this book is that there are always two sides of each story and it can be interpreted differently depending on the reader. ( )

Shows different perspectives between a brother and sister. ( )