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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is the story of a little boy whose family just had a new baby girl. The parents begin painting all of the little boy, peter's things in order to get ready for the new baby. Peter becomes upset because he feels as though all of his things are being taken from him. Later on, he decides that he has out grown his old things and his little sister can have them. This is a story about a young boy who becomes jealous when his baby sister is born. The mother and father begin to paint all of the boy's old belongings pink for their new baby girl. Peter, the boy, soon finds out he can't even fit in his old chair. (the last one of his blue belongings) He decides to help paint it pink for his sister in the end.(1.8) www.ezra-jack-keats.org/ Great for teachers! There ia a curriculum guide. An entire section called educator's corner full of valuable information. In this book by Ezra Jack Keats, Peter learns all about growing up. When his parents paint his old crib pink for his new little sister, he gets annoyed and decides to run away with his dog Willie. Peter discovers what it means to share and be a good big brother. Here is a great lesson plan to go along with the book: http://www.easyliteracy.com/peterscha... Things start to change for Peter when his baby sister is born. Peter's old cradle, crib, and high chair have been painted pink for his sister. Peter is determined to save his last blue chair. He decides the only way to save it is to run away. Peter takes his dog, the chair, his toy alligator, and his baby picture and heads to the front yard. When he gets everything set up, Peter decides to sit in his beloved chair. But he does not fit in it anymore.Then Peter asked his dad if they could paint the chair pink for his sister. This book could be used to dicuss sibling rivalry or changes in a family. http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/home/i... this website has activities for educators and students to use. no reviews | add a review
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The website www.ezra-keats.org lists all of Keats’ books. The website is exciting and gives a summary of all of his books. The site also includes sample lesson plans for teachers and activities for students to do after reading the books.