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K-3
For his birthday, rambunctious Pablo receives a chair so he'll "sit still for once." But instead the boy dazzles townspeople (and spectators worldwide) with acrobatics on the chair. The quirky story's clear text pairs nicely with the art, in which bursts of primary-color ink enhance clean black pen drawings; there's fun in spotting Pablo and his chair amid some of the finely rendered scenes.