That's NOT How You Do It!

PreS-Gr 1—Lucy, a striped cat in a blue beret, knows how to do everything. Colorful, textured illustrations show her eating neatly with a spoon and fork, performing gymnastics, and folding the perfect paper star. The other animals line up to have Lucy help them with the varied things they don't know how to do. But everything changes when a panda named Toshi arrives from "far away." He does things differently. Rather than eat with silverware, Toshi uses chopsticks. His gymnastics are like nothing Lucy has ever seen, although readers may recognize the poses as yoga. On each page, Lucy can be seen watching Toshi from afar, with a worried look on her face and the thought, "That's NOT how you do it!" appearing in a bubble over her head. When Toshi starts folding a paper star that is "ALL wrong," Lucy can't contain her growing frustration and angrily shouts out, "That's NOT how you do it!" However, when Toshi presents her with a beautifully folded paper crane, she realizes that maybe this newcomer can teach her something, too.