"Take Care of Things," Edward Said

by Helen E. Buckley

Going off to school, Edward tells his brother Tom to take care of things, so Tom takes care of the swings, bikes, toys, cat, and dog by treating them all as his brother would want them treated. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688077315
• ISBN13: 9780688077310
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Wonderful for so many reasons...

I decided to judge this book by the cover and purchased it for my son who was thrilled by the site of school busses. What I found inside was delightful. For younger children, this is a picture book drawn at a child's eye level. It has a bus, 2 dogs, a cat, pet food dishes, blocks, a drum, dinosaurs... so many things to hold a child's attention. It is the simple story of what a child does while his older sibling is away at school.What creeps into the pages is so much more. The illustrations depict a red-haired Edward and a main character, Tom, who appears to be Asian. What a gift for parents of multi racial families to have a book in which diversity needs no explanation. The tender love of adults for the child and of the siblings for each other is heartwarming. Tom is offered assurance and encouragement from parents, from the housekeeper, and, most importantly, from Edward.My 4 year old son loves having it read over and over. And I love reading it.