Written by Eric Litwin
Illustrated by James Dean
Scholastic Inc. New York, 2012
28 pages
Picture Book
I really enjoyed reading this picture book. The reason I chose this book is because I like the way the author tells the story. All of his Pete the Cat Books are very laid back and cool feeling so to speak. This book takes you on an adventure with Pete the cat as he loses his shirt buttons throughout the day. Is Pete bothered about losing any of his buttons? Definitely not, because as he says "buttons come and buttons go". By the end of the day Pete the cat has lost all four of his groovy buttons but is not concerned because he still has his belly button. This book includes subtraction of numbers as Pete loses each button. This book received a Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor.
This book as well as all of the other Pete the Cat books are illustrated with water colors. I love how James Dean makes the pages so bright and colorful which catches children's attention and keep them interested. The illustrations cover each page and a lot of the text throughout the book has its own page as well. The text in this book is very big and stands out well. Mr. Dean also paints the number of buttons Pete has in different colors than the rest of the sentence to make it stand out. He also does this with the words "buttons come and buttons go".
In class this book would be good for younger children who have just started to learn simple subtraction. It is a good way to incorporate this math skill with this fun and colorful story of Pete losing his buttons. I may also use it as an example of keeping your cool when things go wrong at that life will go on. Pete stays very calm throughout the story even after losing his buttons.
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