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I was born an identical twin. In my book, Twice As Nice: What's It's Like to Be a Twin, I explain what's its like to be a twin, twin facts, including how identical and fraternal twins are formed, famous and infamous twins, and advice for parents, teachers and friends of twins. My book is filled with fun artwork and photographs including black and white shots of me and my twin sister.
Every purchased book will be dated and autographed by me, Nicole Rubel with my signature and a beautiful illustration. I am the author/artist of this non-fiction picture book. Please let me know who will receive the book so I can personalize it to create a very special gift.
TWICE AS NICE has won a 2005 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award.
Twice As Nice:What It's Like to Be a Twin
Age Range: 5 - 8 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten and up
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); First Edition edition (September 23, 2004)
Here are some book reviews:
October 1, 2004 issue of KIRKUS REVIEWS
With multiples on the rise, yet the number of good books on the subject scarce, a welcome title for young twins or curious singletons. Rubel, a twin herself and illustrator of the Rotten Ralph series (a pair of Ralph's make a cameo), combines her child-friendly illustrations, photographs, and engaging, witty text to focus on life as a twin, twin facts and anecdotes, and society's reactions to twins. She briefly explains how identical and fraternal twins are formed. Readers will take an interest in celebrity twins through history and the "The Jim Twins," identical brothers who, separated at birth, later discovered amazing similarities. Twins will appreciate the emphasis on individuality, including survival secrets and advice for parents, teachers, and friends of twins. "Can your mother tell you apart?" and "Other Dumb Twin Questions" draw attention to thoughtless questions people sometimes ask and the humorous ways twins want to respond. A must for multiples, the people in their lives, and anyone who wants to learn about this special bound. (sources) (Picture book/non-fiction. 8-11)
Booklist
Gr. 3-5, younger for reading aloud. There's something for everyone in this sprightly book about twins. Most of the information is directed at kids, but there's also advice for parents and other adults and children who come into contact with twins. Rubel connects a combination of pen-and-ink drawings and photographic collages to a wide-ranging text, which runs the gamut from nuggets of biology to anecdotes, jokes, and introductions to famous twins. As the book sympathetically notes, the best things about being a twin are also often the worst. Witty asides appear in balloon dialogue; comments from twins, some fictional (narrators Ronnie and Bonnie) and some real, are scattered throughout. Survival secrets for twins include the recommendation to make separate friends and spend time apart; parents are advised to take individual photographs. A pleasurable, playful way to learn about a subject that is always of interest. Ilene Cooper
From Twins Magazine
Author, illustrator and twin Nicole Rubel has spent her life answering, "What it's like to be a twin" and other common twin questions such as "Can your mother tell you apart?" and "Who was born first?" In this lavishly illustrated volume, curious twins will find answers to many of their own questions, along with interesting tidbits, facts and figures, and short notes about twins through history.
Perfect for teaching and entertaining, Twice as Nice also includes helpful advice for parents, twin riddles and twin survival secrets. For ages 4 to 8.
I will ship the book "book rate."