Rosie Sprout's Time to Shine

Rosie Sprout's Time to Shine by Wortche, Allison. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780375867217.

Violet runs the fastest, sings the highest, looks the fanciest, and talks the loudest. Everyone agrees that shes the best. Except Rosie. Rosie isnt fast, or loud, or fancy, but shes tired of hearing that Violet is the best. When their class grows pea plants, Rosies and Violets are the first to sprout! But Violets is a little taller. So Rosie pushes some soil over Violets sprout to slow it down. And for a moment, Rosies plant is the best—but she feels terrible. And she feels even worse when she learns that Violet has the chicken pox. So for the next two weeks, Rosie waters her plant—and Violets too. She turns them in the sun, and sings them quiet growing songs. And her teacher says that Rosie is the best gardener shes ever had. Definitely the best. This empathetic story captures every childs desire to be noticed and praised, and the subtle competitions that go on in a classroom. Its a book to swell every shy childs heart.