Yes Day! By: Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld

"What do you call a day when every answer is yes?...YES DAY!" This story is about a boy who dreams of a day where he gets to do everything and anything that he can think of. Kids are always asking questions, and a lot of the time, parents and teachers unfortunately have to say no. However, in this book, all of his questions are answered with a yes! I feel like students would really connect with this book, because all of the questions that this character asks is a question that most kids do ask in one way or another. For example, "Can I have pizza for breakfast? Can I clean my room tomorrow? Can we have a food fight? Can Mario come for dinner? Can we stay up late?" Okay so you get the point... all of these questions are usually hard to say yes to, and that is what makes it so appealing to the younger kids. This would be a great book for the younger crowd, probably between the ages of 4 and 6. The illustrations are simple, but very colorful and it adds to the story of all the things he gets to do throughout YES DAY. I really like the ending, when he asks "Does this day have to end?" and the last page says "Yes". This book wouldn't necessarily be a book I would use in a class lesson, however you could have a discussion with your students about the reasons why parents and teachers and even kids have to say no when people ask questions. Maybe you can't have a sleepover because it's a school night. Or maybe you can't clean up your room tomorrow because your cousins are all coming over to see you. Whatever the reason, people don't always get to do everything they want. Sometimes thats a hard notion for little kids (even adults) to understand.