What an adorable, simple story about a young girl learning to be a sibling. Initially, she wants to be the only child, with lots of servants and driver, but after being joined by a stray cat who simply doesn't want to be yelled at for scratching the furniture, a turtle who just wants a warm tank, and a dog worried his owner will like the new pet bird better, our little heroine realizes that being a big sister isn't so bad at all. The drawings and dialogue are simple and easy to follow for all levels of readers as well.

I don’t know if this galley is purposely missing most of the illustrations or not but I’m not impressed. The thing about a picture book is it needs the pictures to help tell the story, so reading the story without pictures is very lacking. There’s no movement just a plethora of words dumped on the page. Without the pictures to help move the story along this is boring and uninteresting.

This is a translated book with few pictures. The older sibling is dealing with a new baby. There is jealousy and he wants to get rid of him.

What a sweet story. The illustrations are simple yet cute. The message of the story is encouraging to kids who have a new baby in the family - your family loves you even if it feels like you aren't getting as much attention.

Elementary kids will get a real kick out of this story! Many will be familiar with the feeling of adjusting to a new sibling and will relate to the young girl's reaction and potential solution. They will enjoy following the twists and turns of the story to a satisfying resolution.

There is a lot of humor and heart here. The illustrations are simple drawings but they complement the story well. The translation makes some of the phrasing and word-choices unfamiliar to US-English speakers, but nothing is unclear. This would be a great classroom read!

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

This was. an adorable book. An. older sister is jealous of her new younger "potato" brother and vows to find a new home where she will be the sole focus of attention. She meets a dog, cat, and turtle on the way, and the tone of the book along with the drawings are very cute and the message comes across about loving the family you are with. It is quite long, although I wasn't sure if that is because of the formatting of the pre-release digital book. Highly recommend for a child with a new brother or sister.

Free Kid to Good Home is a picture book with short 3-5 line pages with simple black, white and red drawings for the illustrations, which are some what "comic" style. The premise of the story is a girl is jealous of her new baby brother who is getting a lot of attention, so she tries to give herself away at a lemonade stand type arrangement. In the end she decides to be a big sister after all. The characters as well as the author are asian (I think Japanese) so it is nice to see a children's book featuring non-white characters so that more children can begin to see themselves in the books they are reading.

I would guess this book would be aimed at children in the 7-10 range. As a grade 3 teacher I can't see this book catching the attention of most of my students, despite them being in the intended age range. The illustrations are very simple and not very intriguing. The book is quite long, over 100 pages, yet the story line is very short and simple. I think this book could have easily been shortened to 50 or so pages and/or turned into an early chapter book. Unfortunately I can't see purchasing this book for my classroom library and I wouldn't really be recommending it to other teachers or my student's families as I don't think it would be very popular among young readers. I do appreciate Netgalley and the publisher giving me the opportunity to read and review this book though!

A cute story about a little girl who gets a little brother [which she immediately dubs "the potato"] and decided to find a new home with parent's who'll pay attention to her and just to the "potato" and all that happens to her after she runs away.

Perfect for children who are about to have a sibling[s] as it will open conversation about what to expect and how much work babies really are so that it will seem that everything and everyone will be getting ignored. It will encourage children to talk about their feelings about the upcoming event.

Thank you to NetGalley, Hiroshi Ito, Cathy Hirano - Translator, and Publisher Spotlight/Gecko Press for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A new baby brother? Who cries all the time? Who my mother loves best? I don’t think so. I’ll run away and find a new home. So thinks the new older sister in Free to Good Home, a charming read aloud storybook that is also perfect for beginning readers.

The unhappy big sister leaves home (with her mother reminding her to be home for dinner), makes a Free Kid sign and settles in for the wait for the perfect parents. Instead, she meets a lost dog, a stray cat and a turtle, each of whom is adopted by a perfect family. After what feels to her to be a long time, her own parents select her to be the best big sister to their baby and she goes home with them.

Free to Good Home is delightful. Young readers will notice that the dog, cat and turtle all ask for simple things to make them happy: a yard, a warm place to sleep, a cool shady spot, while at first the girl’s needs are more complicated. But at the end of the day when her parents come to get her, she is happy to go home. 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Publisher Spotlight and Hiroshi Ito for this ARC.