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Pete with No Pants - by Rowboat Watkins (Hardcover)

Pete with No Pants - by  Rowboat Watkins (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Pete doesn't like wearing pants, so he imagines himself as a boulder, or a squirrel, or maybe a cloud--just as long as he doesn't have to wear pants.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Meet Pete. <p/>Pete is gray. He's round. And he's not wearing any pants. <p/>So Pete must be a boulder. Or is he a pigeon? Or a squirrel? Or a cloud? <p/>Join Pete in his quest to answer the world's oldest question: Why do I have to wear pants? Wait, that's the second oldest. Born from the one-of-a-kind imagination of Rowboat Watkins, this hilarious book (the asides just beg to be read aloud) about finding out who you are features a satisfying and touching ending that will encourage young readers to be true to themselves as it reminds the adults in their lives to support them no matter what.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A lovely, absurd little tale with humor both jubilant and sardonic.-Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br><br>Good for some laughs.--<i>Geek Dad</i><br><br>Huge fun.--<i>The New York Times</i><br><br>Many hidden delights.-</i>School Library Journal</i><br><br>Pete and his mother discover the joy of being seen for who you are and for having the freedom to express that.pants or no pants.-<i>The Horn Book Magazine</i><br><br>The escalating humor is tailor-made for little ones, as is the gentle affirmation that being oneself is the best thing of all.--<i>Booklist<i><br><br>This is a book you will no doubt want to read aloud again and again--<i>Books and Whatnot</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Rowboat Watkins is a dad who likes to tell stories and draw. Nobody knows why his wife started calling him Rowboat. He was a fellow of Maurice Sendak's and lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.

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