Publisher Description
A distinctive story about individuality, from award-winning author and illustrator Peggy Rathmann
Ruby is a copycat! It's the first day of school, and Ruby is new. When her classmate Angela wears a red bow in her hair, Ruby comes back from lunch wearing a red bow, too. When Angela wears a flowered dress, suddenly Ruby's wearing one, too. Fortunately, Ruby's teacher knows a better way to help Ruby fit in-by showing Ruby how much fun it is to be herself.
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“Rathmann plots the evolution of a friendship going sour, primary-grade style, with sensitivity and just enough exaggeration to provide humor…[Ruby’s] gradual realization is believably drawn, and children have been known to profit from good advice…Nicely capture[s] the nuances of the characters’ feelings. A solid debut.”
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Kirkus Reviews
About Peggy Rathmann
Peggy Rathmann was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and grew up in the suburbs. Ms. Rathmann attended colleges everywhere, changing her major often. She eventually earned a BA in psychology from the University of Minnesota. She then studied commercial art at the American Academy in Chicago, fine art at the Atelier Lack in Minneapolis, and children’s-book writing and illustration at the Otis Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles. Ms. Rathmann lives and works in Nicasio, California, on a ranch she shares with her husband, John Wick, and a very funny bunch of birds.