My Somebody Special

By Sarah Weeks

Book Overview

It is the end of a busy day at school, and one at a time, all of the toddlers have been picked up--all except one, that is. Now the last child sits alone with his teacher, growing more and more... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152025618
• ISBN13: 9780152025618
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

a nighttime favorite

We got this book when my daughter was 3, it was a favorite then and she just turned 5 and still loves it. A very sweet book with a nice message- that mommy or daddy is always going to come back to get you at the end of the day. I like the fact that the characters are different animals and not actual people so children of all races can relate without feeling excluded.

Just perfect!

My 3-year-old goes to preschool daily. It's perfect - she really enjoys it but she is always happy to come home at the end of the day. "My Somebody Special" features happy daycare "kids" (actually animals - a fox, a kitten, a hedgehog, a puppy, etc.) who are still excited to see that it is THEIR mom or dad coming through the door at the end of the day.On one page, a "parent" comes through the door - the fox-mama for example, and the text asks a teasing question about which 'kid' she/he is looking for ("Whose belly is soft and pink as a rose?" for the hedgehog.) The next page reveals the answer as the parent snatches up her loved one with a big hug. My daughter enjoys matching up the parents and kids on each page; the rhymed text is easy for her to remember and the pictures are really sweet. But I confess to liking it at least as much as she does. I guess I identify with the fox-mama: I enjoy walking in the door in the evening and spotting my Special Someone at least as much as she enjoys being spotted!A must for all kids in preschool and especially for all working parents.