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I'm Number One

by Michael Rosen
32p. 978-0-76364-535-9.
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PreS-Gr 1 Through soft illustrations rendered in pen and watercolor, this simple story offers a helpful message: a bully loses his power when surrounded by friends who rally together. When a girl and her mother leave the house, three toysa doll named Sally, a duck named Maddy, and a Pig named Sidmust endure name-calling and bossiness from a toy soldier throughout the day. Soon the friends learn that if they can laugh at one another, A-One's message no longer hurts them; in fact, he learns that even he may need friends."Melissa Smith, Green Valley Library, Henderson, NV" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
Wind-up toy soldier A-One is very bossy and rather rude. Enlisting fellow toys to help wind his key, he tells them they are "no good...so bad...the worst." They, in turn, jumble his words into silly-sounding nonsense ("bad-so, worst-so, and good-no"). Soon A-One can't help but join in their word games. Pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations humorously display the scenes of toys at play.

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