Tiff, Taff, and Lulu

by Eva Montanari

Sisters Tiff, Taff, and Lulu are a competitive bunch, but a scooter argument teaches the girls that some things are more important than who goes first.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published August 30, 2004

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

3 little monsters squabble until they learn how to work together. Sweet but a little disjointed.

[Mckinley · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't like this one.

[Wanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

A mother of three trying her best to treat her children fairly finally gets some results!

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Libby and I both laughed hard at the ending, and I truly don't know why.

[Tine Martinsen · Rating 3 out of 5]

” Tiff, Taff, and LuLu” is a book about three children, and they all are wondering why they always are last, but one day they have to work together to help their mom who gets injured. This book is good to use with younger children, because it’s about taking turn and help each other out. I like that the illustrations are imaginary characters, and that they show jealousy and love at the same time, and the mom is always caring and doing her best.

For this book it’s a good thing to make them do a group activity of some kind, where a small group of children has to find answers to something or figure out how to do an activity together. More brains are often better than just one, and it’s a good thing to start as early as possible to get the children share and help each other.

[Sabrina Henry · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is about three little weird-looking animals quarreling for their mom's attention. In the end they learned to work together and stopped fussing. Kind of a funny book but I didn't like it much. The moral of the story depicted good intentions but the illustrations were terrible and all over the place.

[Ham · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not sure exactly what kind of beings Tiff, Taff, and Lulu are, but the illustrator gets full marks for originality. The humore of the story wasn't completely lost on me (since I have kids that are constantly worried someone is getting more than them) but the clever concept isn't enough to make up for the creepy pictures and lack-luster plot.

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sibling rivalry is always a problem, and with Tiff, Taff, and Lulu Mama has her hands full. They are always complaining about being last. Spoiler alert, they do learn to put their differences aside and work together! Great illustrations and lovely message.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

My preschool students like this work by Italian author/illustrator Eva Montanari because it's about monsters. I like it because we can use it to discuss sharing, cooperation, taking care of self and others, and other social interactions.

[Bailey]

This is a cute book about three children that don't get along and always fight. When their mother gets sick they all come together and get along to help their mother get better.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was very odd. It would be a good way to talk about sibling rivalry, but I didn't really think it was that great.

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book it was one of my favorites. it has a lesson at the end about getting along with your siblings.