BIG RED LOLLIPOP by by Rukhsana Khan ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.ISBN: 9780670062874
Publisher: Viking, p2010, c2010
Reading Level: 1.6
When young Rubina is given a chance to attend a birthday party, her little sister Sana insists on attending as well and, despite Rubina's protests, is given the chance to go along. Unfortunately, things go even worse than Rubina feared. The party ends up being a disaster, and Sana begins eating the red lollipop in her big sister's goody bag after finishing off her own. The tables are turned shortly thereafter, however, when Sana comes home with her own birthday invitation and the family's littlest sister asks to go along, a request their mother decides is all too fair. The story takes a sudden twist once Rubina, showing her kindhearted nature, convinces her mother to let Sana go alone.**