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K-3
Illustrated by
Elanna Allen.
Sadie's drillmaster-like efforts to prepare her younger sister, Eva, for kindergarten by impersonating a teacher end up panicking the five-year-old ("I have math sheets to do and I don't even know what math is"). The book is superior to Eva and Sadie and the Worst Haircut EVER! because this one radiates sisterly love, but the soft-shades-only illustrations still lack depth.