Sit Still! (Picture Puffin Books)
PreSchool-Grade 2?Patrick is always in motion, and his family is constantly admonishing him to "Sit still!" In school, gym is the only class in which he doesn't hear that command. At his teacher's suggestion, his mother takes him to a doctor who, after a thorough examination, pronounces that "Patrick simply can't sit still. There's nothing more I can do." His mother's solution is to keep him busy, so she encourages him to do odd jobs, activities, and projects that allow him to expend his energy in a productive manner. Carlson uses a minimal text and her trademark colorful drawings in telling this story. While some parents might feel affronted by the easy resolution of the boy's "problem," the book is just for fun, aimed at the "wigglers" rather than those with attention disorders. Sit Still! will lend itself nicely to a story-time setting. Try it with a particularly rambunctious group.?Tom S. Hurlburt, La Crosse Public Library, WICopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.