PRESCHOOL
Schmid, Paul

Perfectly Percy

(3) PS Porcupine Percy adores balloons but keeps accidentally popping them with his quills. Many pages are devoted to his efforts to think up a solution ("He thought things all the day. / He thought thoughts through the night"); that this is engrossing is a testament to Schmid's engaging illustrations and his understanding that calm invites empathy.

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