It's not easy being green-especially not green with envy Both adults and children alike will double over in laughter after reading I'm Not Jealous , Claudine Desmarteau's hilarious look at some of life's modern-day inequities.Thomas is jealous of Paul, who has a red truck that's bigger than his; Luke is jealous of John's super-rare collection of Yu-gi-oh cards; John is jealous of Max, who won't stop talking about his vacation; Tiffany is jealous of Lisa, who has just received a top-secret cell phone message; Davey is jealous of his classmate Eric, who claims to be friends with the son of a popular football player; but Eric is jealous of Thomas, whose little red truck he can't have.Each spread features text and illustrations that will charm readers of all ages with their frank up-to-date humor and endearingly scrappy characters. I'm Not Jealous succeeds at telling us with style what we never wanted to hear from our parents: life isn't always fair.