Kristyn Crow illus by David Catrow 978-0399247354
Okay, first there was Raymond, so he's the oldest. Then there was Lee-that's me. Then came Kate so she made three and she's the youngest and the cute one. Ray can do all kinds of things because he's the old one and Kate can get away with all kinds of things because she's the cute, little one but what is special about being the one in the middle? Lee has the middle-child blues. So, Elvis hairstyle and all, he gets out his guitar to sing the mid-kid blues song and finds he's drawing a crowd. It's a crowd of middle children. They're all singing "I'm blue...woo, woo. woo..."
978-0399247354 32 pages Ages 5-8
Keyword: performing
Recommended by: Barb Langridge
******* "A clever, bluesy riff on middle-kid angst Lee has the low-down, big-frown, sulkin?-all-aroundtown blues. His older brother gets all the big-kid privileges, and no one expects his little sister to do anything but be cute. And sometimes his family even leaves him behind! But when Lee breaks out his guitar and finally makes his voice be heard, he draws a big crowd. It turns out lots and lots of people share his middle-kid pain?and he loves how being stuck in the middle is making him the center of attention."---from the publisher
