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PRESCHOOL

Harris, Robie H.

Don't Forget to Come Back!

40 pp. | Candlewick | February, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-7636-1782-2 $$15.99

(2) PS Illustrated by Harry Bliss. "1. I am NOT a baby. 2. I'm a BIG kid. 3. So I do NOT need a stupid babysitter!" The small heroine of this story cannot prevent the inevitable--Mommy and Daddy are going out. But in text and cartoonlike pictures, the little girl is spunky, not forlorn. A snuggle in Mommy and Daddy's bed the next morning confirms that they didn't forget to come back--a very important point that can't be repeated too often for young children.

Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2004