From Head to Toe Eric Carle

Tom Goes to Kindergarten
Margaret Wild and David Legge
Tom's parents are always too busy
working to play monsters or astronauts
with him. But on the first day of
kindergarten, when Tom won't let go of
his parents' legs and his teacher invites
his parents and Baby to stay and play,
they join right in. They listen to a story,
play dress up, paint pictures and build
castles in the sandbox. By day two, Tom is
ready to be independent, but his parents
want to stay. As Tom's mother reluctantly
goes home to wash the windows and
weed the garden, and his father heads to
the office to "sign a lot of papers," even
Tom feels sorry for them. Illustrations of
the papa panda wearing a newspaper hat
and a fish tie while dancing a sailor's
hornpipe in his office will tickle
youngsters' funny bones, as will Legge's
inspired portrayal of the grown panda
bears enthusiastically singing "I'm a little
teapot short and stout."