Just Enough (Picture Puffins)

By Teri Daniels

Book Overview

Big enough to build a house, a stack it tall, let it fall house. Teri Daniels's rhythmic text takes a little boy through his day as he discovers he is big enough, calm enough, old enough, and sweet enough to do all kinds of things. Harley Jessup's shifting perspectives and innovative use of color and design playfully convey a child's exciting first steps toward independence. "The gently rhyming, cleverly worded text describes what the large cartoon illustrations joyfully reveal. . . . A delightful glimpse of a happy, confident child." (School Library Journal)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142301957
• ISBN13: 9780142301951
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Puffin
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.1" x 0.1" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

A fun read

We also discovered this great book at the library. The catchy rhymes are so much fun that my 2-1/2 yr old even remembers bits of them & repeats them throughout the day. A book I don't mind reading to him over & over again.

Remember the simple joys of childhood

I fell in love with this book when my three-year-old brought it home from the public library. While it seems to be geared to a slightly older age group (4-6 maybe), she loves it, too, because it describes things that happen in a small child's day that are insignificant to us, but very significant to them. From finding shoes and catching bugs to taking a bath and going to sleep at night, the child (in this case a boy) is just small/quick/calm/etc. enough to do the things he wants to do all by himself. Written in such a way that makes parents see life again from a child's point of view and reminds us to recognize those simple everyday accomplishments of our growing children. I love it.