Böcker av Mary Catherine Rishcoff

On the surface, the children's storybook, It's not pizza! is a tale of a family that undertake a baking project together. By employment, John was a baker. He surprises his two siblings with a different kind of baking project.Both of John's siblings, Joyce and Jack, willingly and joyfully follow their brother in the surprise baking project. All are both surprised and delighted with the outcome. Fun was not the only objective, however.Beneath the surface, the story unravels to reveal how teamwork has its rewards as does baking. The fun of working together is equaled by the fun of eating the gigantic cookie together.It's not pizza!

On the surface, the story, The Two Shining Families reveals a family carving pumpkins to make a family of glowing jack-o-lanterns. The story depicts the shining of not one, but two families. The human family shines as they work together. The jack-o-lantern family shine their glowing faces, too. The author communicates the importance of family. Without Dad, Mom, and Toddler working together, there would be no One, two, three jack-o-lanterns. There would be no shining of any kind. Delving deeper, the reader realizes that the Halloween season is a special time for families to shine be it in celebrating together or in LED lighted faces.