Stead, P. C., & Stead, E. E. (2010). A sick day for Amos McGee. New York, NY: Roaring Brook.
Recommended Age: 3+
Format: Hardcover
Awards: Caldecott Medal Winner
This story starts with Amos McGee performing his morning rituals, waking up, changing, eating breakfast and making tea. He then gets on his bus to his job at the zoo. At the zoo he plays chess with the elephant, runs races with the tortoise, sits quietly with the penguin, lends a handkerchief to the rhinoceros, and reads stories to the owl. The next day Amos McGee is sick and cannot go to work. His animal friends take the bus to his house and keep him company while he is sick. The elephant plays chess with him, the tortoise plays hide and seek, the penguin keeps his feet warm, the rhinoceros gives him a handkerchief and the owl reads him a bedtime story. This story is a great one to read at a toddler or preschool story time. It is has a nice lesson of being nice to others and they will be nice to you. The illustrations in this book are beautiful. The colors are soft and understated with pieces of red in some of the pictures. Children will find the images amusing as well, watch the animals on the bus to Amos's house is humorous imagery.
Author's website: http://philipstead.com/
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