One in a Billion By Sharlee Mullins Glenn Horizon, December 2000. Hardback. ISBN: 1-9292810-6-4 Suggested retail price: $15.95 (US) Genre: Children's Picture Book
Reviewed by: Marilyn Brown

Just read Sharlee Glenn's One in a Billion and felt like sharing a billion cheers. It is a lovely text, and I liked the way the book was presented with the selected dialogue on the jacket. There are some classic lines! Especially when the daisy tells the geranium, "I do not need you." The geranium asks, "Why should I go? You and I could be friends." However, a classic jealousy hits the little flower -- one not only children feel, that's for sure -- one that says "If someone else is filling the space, there is no place for me." However, it is that feeling of jealousy that hurts the daisy. We allow negative feelings to hurt us! And Sharlee's little sentence hits you hard, "And for the first time in her life, she felt lonely." Although she was alone, she wasn't lonely until she herself refused love! Also, another of my favorite lines is: "You cannot get the sunlight you need if you droop." How true! I am a classic escape artist when it comes to reviewing, but I just wanted to cheer for this graceful piece. Good going, Sharlee.

Sincerely, 
Marilyn Brown