Big Sister, Little Sister

The spunk of four multiracial pairs of siblings shines through this photographic celebration of sisterhood. The rhyming text, however, is rather uninspired: ""Big Sister, Little Sister, a love that is so strong./ Big Sister, Little Sister, best friends all year long."" Fortunately, the energetic humor of the photos rubs off once in a while: ""Little Sister, eat some snow. It's very clean I think."" Typefaces highlight key words, with distinctive shapes and colors; ""snow,"" for example, is blue, with a snowflake in the ""o."" Throughout, the girls appear in matching outfits, and their faces, too, are near matches, as the girls read, play, draw and even have tantrums. In one of the funniest pictures, a little sister makes a comical grimace, her huge blue eyes rolled up, as her laughing sister sudses her hair. The playful spontaneity of the photos is extended by the book production--published in a horizontal format, with an unjacketed, stamped cover, the volume has the casual appearance of a scrapbook or family album. All ages. (Mar.)