Ruby's Sword

Ruby's Sword by Jacqueline Veissid and illustrated by Paola Zakimi is a new picture book I found this week at the library.  Ruby is younger than her brothers and  they leave her behind so she has to play by herself.  Walking around, she finds three stick swords.  Ruby shares two of them with her brothers in hopes that they will include her.  It is not successful, but she continues to play alone until her brothers find her playing in a fort she built.  Not quite ready to include her brothers, she changes her mind when they return with a peace offering.  This short story is probably a book most preschoolers and younger elementary students would enjoy.