About this item
In this third book about Pete, he can't stop thinking about the new girl in his class even though the other kids are teasing him. When Bunny joins Miss Pooch's class, Pete can t stop staring at her. He thinks about Bunny all the time even when he's eating dinner and when he's brushing his teeth. But when Pete sits next to Bunny on the school bus, the other kids all shout, Pete likes Bunny! Pete likes Bunny! At home, a dejected Pete confides in Mom, who thoughtfully suggests that Pete give Bunny flowers. As in the first two Pete books, Pete Won t Eat and Pete Makes a Mistake, Emily Arnold McCully portrays profound emotions and important relationships especially between parent and child through simple text and eloquent body language and facial expressions.
About the Author
Emily Arnold McCully was born left-handed in Galesburg, Illinois. She was a dare-devil tree-climber and ball-player who loved to write stories and illustrate them. Her family moved to New York City and then to a suburb, where she attended school. After college at Brown University, she earned a Master's degree at Columbia University in art history. She worked as a freelance illustrator for magazines, advertisements and book publishers until a radio station commissioned a series of posters showing children playing. The first appeared in subway cars, where it was seen by a children's book editor. It launched a long career, first as an illustrator, then as author/illustrator of picture books. McCully won a Caldecott Medal in 1993. She has two grown sons, one grandson and lives in New York City and Columbia County, N.Y., where she grows flowers and vegetables.
