"Oh my god, you must be twins!" a stranger exclaims. He flails his arms to catch our attention. "Twins, right?!"

"Who, us?" My sister puts on the blankest expression she can muster. "I've never seen her before in my life."

Twins—a pair of aces, two of a kind, double trouble, peas in a pod, whatever you want to call them—have a companion for life, even if they bicker or banter or spend stretches of time apart. Having a twin is very special, and we have learned to make light of the constant stream of questions. The library carries some incredible pieces in myriad genres, but I wanted to share some of my favorite books about twins from our children's collection.

Ling and Ting Not Exactly The Same by Grace Lin

Asian-American author and illustrator, Grace Lin, has created a delightful series about twin sisters Ling and Ting. As a Chinese-American twin sister myself, I have a soft spot in my heart for these books. So, at the top of my list sits Ling and Ting Not Exactly The Same by Grace Lin, a cute book for beginning readers wherein the twins prove that, while they may look the same, they are very different girls. I wish these books were around when my sis and I were young!

The Tapper Twins Go To War (With Each Other) by Geoff Rodkey

When I was growing up, arguments were solved by talking it out and the occasional nibble (I was a biter as a toddler, but I've learned—don't worry!). That was before the advent of Facebook and texting and abundant technology. Children nowadays know how to turn on an iPad by age two and have never seen a VCR. So how do twins bicker in the digital age? Geoff Rodkey's The Tapper Twins Go To War (With Each Other) is an inventive oral history that reports, through transcribed recordings, text messages, photographs, illustrations, screenshots, and more, an epic prank war between twelve-year-old twins Reese and Claudia Tapper of New York City! It's visually alluring, creative, and charming.

About Twins by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly ; photographs by Shelley Rotner

For the more visually-inclined, About Twins by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly—with photographs by Shelley Rotner—is a delightful picture collection that examines the different kinds of twins and discusses the delights, difficulties, and complexities of being a twin.

Find even more children's books about twins in our catalog. So there you have a little bit about twins for everyone!

And for the record—my sister was the evil one. Not me. (I swear!)