Peepsqueak Wants a Friend!
On a fine morning, the baby chicks come out to play “2 by 2! 2 by 2! 2 by 2!” Except for Peepsqueak (Peepsqueak! 2012), who is “only 1.” Peepsqueak decides he needs a friend and, against everyone’s warnings not to go into the woods, into the woods he goes—hopping, skipping, jumping, and skittering. Of course he finds an unexpected, rather large pal, but realizes that the more the merrier is true when it comes to friendship. With simple one-and-two counting, action words appearing in a different color font, and a popular theme, this should work well for preschool and kindergarten story hours. Preschool-Kindergarten. --Ann Kelley