Martin's pet care troubles will make you laugh

This is a good book about overcoming fears. It not only has a good message, it can also function as a kid's first chapter book. Even though it is not many pages, there is a table of contents and different portions of the book are separated by chapters. Pictures do not cover the whole page and there are much more words than a regular picture book. ( )

I thought it was very interesting that the boy character is named Pinky and the girl character is named Rex. It's a great book for challenging gender stereotypes. It's also a good book for students to witness real talk about emotions that may usually be hidden (being scared for boys). Classroom use: Another good book for individual use, but also would be a good lit circle or discussion book for a larger group.