4 Stars

This is a sweet book about Pete, who waits at his daycare for his mom to come and pick him up. She drops him in the morning saying, ‘around the sun and over the moon. I’ll be back soon…’.

Pete plays with his friends, takes a nap, has food, and swings outside, waving goodbye to his friends and their parents/ caretakers/ grandparents who come to pick them up.

That day, his mother arrives a little late, and Pete feels sad. But he isn’t worried because he knows she’ll come. And soon enough, his mom comes, hugs him, and they go back home.

The book is for 4+ kids, and boy, it reminded me of my kindergarten days. Let’s just say that I wasn’t like Pete. And well, after multiple attempts, my parents got me directly admitted into the first standard the next year.

The illustrations are beautiful, with emotions showing on every character’s face. I only wished the text was bigger. Please, please have bigger text in picture books.

I received an ARC from NetGalley and Clavis Publishing and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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