Rafi and Rita

Description: Which twin is taller? Sibling rivalry rises to new heights in this funny picture book about two willful and imaginative giraffes.

Rafi and Rita are twins. They do everything together. They like the same things, they finish each other's sentences, and they look exactly the same . . . except for their height. But who is the tallest twin, really? Is it Rafi, who's so tall that a painter trying to paint him ran out of paint? Or Rita, so towering in stature that when her hat falls off it takes three hours to hit the ground? In a hilarious progression of hyperbole, Jarvis's narrative, at once humorous and endearing, is matched by Chris Judge's bold and whimsical illustrations in a charming, playful, and oh-so-familiar tale of competitiveness.

Review Quotes: With laugh-out-loud humor, this zesty lesson in getting along with a ­sibling is an excellent read-aloud and should appeal to a wide audience of readers young and old.
--School Library Journal

The giraffes may never solve the question of who the tallest is, but readers will enjoy every step of the debate.
--Kirkus Reviews

Rafi and Rita are both endearing and a bit sassy, and their mischievous energy is apparent in their big, round eyes as they matter-of-factly make their absurd claims. . . . This book is rife with pretend sibling rivalry and makes for the perfect laugh-out-loud distraction from any real-life sibling conflict happening at home.
--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books