Banjo loved to collect buttons. His grandmother would sew them onto his jumper. One day in the park he meets a little girl who was crying, he gives her her missing button from his jumper. Soon everyone was finding their missing buttons on Banjo's jumper, until he had none left. What was he going to do now? Wonderful end papers with buttons in jars upon shelves. Early in the book deGennaro gives us a clue that this has not been the only collection that Banjo has had. At the beginning to set the scene quickly the pages contain several vignettes and then the story slows down and the illustrations become mostly double page spreads. Young uses repetition to show Banjo's morning routine. A story worth sharing. ( )