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Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth!

Illustrated by Robert Neubecker
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About The Book

Sophie Peterman is here to tell you the truth about babies.

Babies are not sweet.

Babies are not precious.

Babies are not cute.

Babies are...


What, you thought she'd just give it away? Well, here's a hint:

It's not pretty!

About The Author

Photo Credit:
Sarah Weeks

Sarah Weeks has written many books for children, including If I Were a Lion, Paper Parade, Angel Face, So B. It, and Two eggs, please. She lives in New York City. When Sarah can't get to sleep, she goes through the alphabet in her head, trying to think of people she knew in elementary school whose names begin with each letter.

About The Illustrator

Photograph © John Carlysle
Robert Neubecker

Robert Neubecker is the award-winning author and illustrator of Linus the Vegetarian T. Rex and the Wow! series. He also illustrated Not Just the Driver! by Sara Holly Ackerman, Shiver Me Timbers! by Douglas Florian, Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth! by Sarah Weeks, I Got Two Dogs by John Lithgow, and Monsters on Machines by Deb Lund. A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Robert also illustrates for The New York Times and Slate magazine. He and his family live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Visit Robert at Neubecker.com.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Beach Lane Books (September 27, 2011)
  • Length: 32 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781439156117
  • Ages: 4 - 8
  • Lexile ® AD570L The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®

Raves and Reviews

"This is a familiar theme, but Weeks brings a snappy humor to her catalog of indignities, and older sibs in the audience will recognize and giggle at the truths...The illustrations, India-ink linework with a graininess that suggests black crayon and spaces filled with planes of digital color, have a robustness appropriate to determined little Sophie."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Awards and Honors

  • South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee
  • Flicker Tale Award (ND)
  • Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee (AZ)
  • WA Children's Choice Picture Book Award Master List

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