Hello Twins | 
 enlarge | Creator: Charlotte Voake
Publisher: Candlewick
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 891024
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 9.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0763639222
EAN: 9780763639228
ASIN: 0763639222
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
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Condition: Condition: New, unused book.; bkcs
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Product Description
"Voake’s sibling homage reminds us that family harmony can happen even when the children sing separate songs." — THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Charlotte and Simon are twins, but they couldn’t be more different. Charlotte likes to build things, and Simon likes to knock things down. Simon likes to draw shapes over and over, and Charlotte likes to copy the numbers on the clock. And they don’t even look much alike! But whether upside down or right side up, these two like each other just the way they are. Here is an acclaimed tale about twins that doubles as an ode to individuality — and a celebration of sibling bonds.
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 Great gift idea for twins April 13, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
My twins love this book. The illustrations are colorful and cheery and the text actually fits them well. This is the first book about girl-boy twins that I have encountered, and since people frequently refer to my twins as "The Twins", they were instantly interested in a book called "Hello Twins".
While there is little character development and the text is simplistic, the book does cover a wide range of activities that toddlers can relate to (building towers, knocking them down, staring out the window). It does a good job capturing the everyday activities of toddlers (twin toddlers!). In effect, the book is less about Simon and Charlotte and more about what they do. So, the underlying message and conclusion about them loving each other despite their differences is not really supported throughout the text in a meaningful way.
It is always fun to find a book that applies to your own children. So, I really enjoy it. That said, I do not know if this book would be as interesting for parents of singletons (unless, of course, they were purchasing it for a friend who has twins of their own).
 Disappointed November 10, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I saw this book in a Parents Magazine at the doctor's office one day and searched for it at bookstores, couldn't find it and then ordered it on Amazon. Needless to say, I was hoping for more! I was very disappointed because there is very little writing and no comic expression. The graphics are so so and all in all the lesson or moral of the story was: "no matter how different we may be, we will always love one another." That is the entire book in a nutshell....I felt it was not worth the price.
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