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Ling & Ting: Not Exactly The Same! (2010)

by Grace Lin(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

031602452X (ISBN13: 9780316024525)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

series

Ling & Ting

review 1: This book is about a twin named Ling and Ting. Their stories are divided by 6 with different titles. The first story starts off with introducing Ling and Ting, and how everybody thinks that they look exactly the same. However, to them, they think they don't. Then one day, they go to get a haircut, and even their barber says they look exactly alike. Ling gets her haircut very smoothly as she sits still, while Ting can't sit still. Ting then sneezes in the middle of her haircut, and the barber messes up. This is how the author distinguish the two characters throughout the story. The second story is about Ling showing Ting a magic trick. However, the two little silly sisters mess up. Story three is about the two sisters making dumplings. Ling makes her dumplings all smooth an... mored tight, while Ting puts in a lot of meat. Then Ting makes a funny pun with their names and the last four letters of the dumplings. The fourth story is about chopsticks. Ling can't use chopsticks, so the two sisters try to figure out a way for Ling to eat her dumplings. The fifth story is another funny story that includes the sisters going to the library. Then the book ends, with Ting recapping the whole book in her imaginative way. This book is definitely one of my favorite children's book of all time. I thought it contained all the elements of a children's book. This book had a lot of humor, emotions, and overall good story line. It had so many parts where I literally chuckled out loud. I think the author did a really good job with telling this story and making it really relate to actual twins. My aunt also had twins, and the two kids acted just like Ling and Ting when they were little. They did everything together, and when people said they looked a like, they always denied it. I also loved the last story, where Ting recaps the whole story in a funny way. I thought it was super creative and nice when she did, and Ling kept denying it. However, when Ting ended with them always being together, that put a smile in my face. One last part I really liked was in story three, where Ting makes a pun using their names. She tells ling that shes a dumpling, while she is a dumpting. I thought it was super funny and cute. I thought the illustrations the author used for the storyline was perfect. The author used a lot of colorings, and little details that made the story more enjoyable. Like at the beginning, Ting and Ling is shown with popcorn, getting ready to start the story. Then at the ending, they are shown again saying this is the end. At first, I thought I would not like the pictures, because it was a little different from other books. However, as the story went on, I really started appreciating it. The faces of Ling and Ting really started rubbing on me. As each page went on, I was looking forward to seeing their faces. I thought the author did a perfect job depicting the two characters' faces. This book definitely deserved five stars, for me, maybe more.
review 2: This is a transitional reader, or easy reader, or whatever they're called (it's got a #3 on it, which is listed as "independent reader" in the book). I didn't realize that when I bought it online, and was disappointed at first. These books can be just. so. dull. But this turned out to be adorable. I love the weirdly old-fashioned clothes and the fact that Ling and Ting don't argue about their differences, but laugh about them instead. I also like that the chapters have some linearity and that it's both multi-cultural and totally matter-of-fact about it (there's no "lesson" about diversity, which I love because such lessons are usually more for the parents' benefit than the kids'). The best thing about it is that it doesn't *feel* like a transitional reader, and yet my daughter could read it. Perfect! less

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