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K-3
Words of wisdom from luminaries such as Picasso, Einstein, and Plato are explicated by cool cat Pete, whose huge expressive eyes add to the humor of the textured pen-and-ink, watercolor, and acrylic illustrations. Pete's thought bubbles provide "groovy" (if simplistic) translations of quotations: e.g., alongside Eleanor Roosevelt's "You must do the things you think you cannot do," Pete thinks, "Nothing is impossible!"