Harper (Don't Grown-Ups Ever Have Fun?
) scores another laugh-out-loud hit with this lighthearted look at sibling dynamics. Grace is fed up with her younger sister Lucy's copycat ways. " 'Monkey see, monkey do,' smiled her parents. 'She copies you because she loves you.' " The inexhaustible, binky-toting, diaper-wearing Lucy follows Grace everywhere—to the bathroom, to the school bus, to bed. Spirited ink-and-watercolor cartoons brim with droll details. In one spot illustration, Lucy eschews her booster seat (tipped onto the floor) at breakfast, her flyaway red hair and flailing arms the only parts of her body visible as she struggles to eat a waffle she cannot see. In another, Lucy fashions her own sash and badges from toilet paper and stickers, mimicking her sister's Junior Scout uniform ("Me too!" becomes Lucy's refrain). The varied perspectives in the full-spread and spot illustrations keep the story on a fast track. The parade of Lucy's imitations halts for a retaliatory detour, as Grace exacts some sisterly revenge. But Grace begins to take a more empathetic stance after she gets teased for copying the idolized swim teacher, who models for Grace another way to handle her sister's devotion. Readers of all ages will find plenty to chuckle about in this tale that touches on both the highs and lows of having a sibling. Ages 3-6. (Mar.)
