Can't Please 'Em All! Pete the Cat~Too Cool For School by Kimberly and James Dean

PETE WANTED TO LOOK COOL.

HE ASKS EVERYONE, "WHAT SHOULD I WEAR?"

Pete begins with his Mom.

"WEAR YOUR YELLOW SHIRT!" SHE SAYS. "IT'S MY FAVORITE!"

Pete puts on the yellow shirt and starts out for school. But everyone has a different suggestion. His big brother Bob likes the blue shirt better.

His teacher favors long pants, and the school bus driver prefers polka dot socks with his red shoes. Callie the cat says she loves his shorts with the fish print. Pete pulls the shorts on over his long pants, feeling rather silly, and when Grumpy Toad advises he wear cowboy boots with his ensemble, Pete is beginning to feel more than a bit ridiculous. Still, Emma Dog proposes that a striped tie would please her, and Coach counsels a two-toned baseball cap to set it all off.

Pete is way too hot in all those clothes. He wants to please everyone, but... does he look cool?

NO. PETE LOOKS SILLY.

Pete discovers a truth. You can't please everybody, so you might as well suit yourself. Pete sheds the extra clothes for his tee, his shorts, and his red shoes, and learns a lesson, To look cool...

.. BE YOURSELF!

Kimberly and James Dean's early reader, Pete the Cat: Too Cool for School (My First I Can Read) (Harper I-Can-Read Books), offers a little sartorial advice along with Harper's little reading lesson that will get the giggles as Pete sweats in front of an air conditioner on full blast and ponders the wisdom of crowd sourcing his school wardrobe. Youngsters just starting out with reading will find gentle humor, visual cues, and a few life lessons in the company of Pete the Cat.