We Share Everything!
About this book
It's a lesson in sharing for these youngsters — and for their teacher!
It's the very first day of daycare, and Amanda and Jeremiah don't know what to do. They want to play with the same blocks, they want to use the same paint. But the teacher says they have to share... so they share everything. Even... their clothes?!?
Robert Munsch first wrote this tale for the kids in his own daycare classroom — which makes it the perfect board book story!
Behind the scenes
In 1998, Robert Munsch visited a kindergarten class in Pontiac, Michigan. This kindergarten class had an interesting problem — a boy named Jeremiah. Jeremiah's shoes were too big for his feet, so he started every day at kindergarten by switching shoes with someone else. He did not tell the other person that he was switching shoes. Jeremiah just walked around the room until he found some shoes to switch with. This caused lots of fights about shoes, but it gave Munsch the idea for a story about a kid who switched shoes, and this quickly changed to a story about a kid who switched everything! Amanda got to be in the story because Munsch was staying with her family while he visited the school. She was really happy to be in the book, but she wanted to make it clear that she and Jeremiah never really switched their clothes. They only switched shoes — and that was all his idea!Reviews
“Munsch and Martchenko are their typical energetic selves here.” — Toronto Star
Praise for Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko
“Laurel and Hardy, Holmes and Watson, peanut butter and jam — some things just go better together. Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko figured that out a number of years ago, and have been teaming up to produce silly, insanely popular books ever since.” — Quill & Quire
Praise for Robert Munsch
“[Munsch is] a kindergarten superstar he ranks up there with Pablum and Pampers in name recognition arguably the most published Canadian author ever, in any genre.” — The Globe and Mail, Report on Business Magazine
“Munsch’s parade of bright funny picture books has been a sales phenomenon in children’s book publishing . . . And as Munsch books are requested by kids over and over every day in countless homes and schools, at story time and bedtime, the distinctive storyteller’s voice will undoubtedly continue to be echoed for years to come by parents, teachers, babysitters and whomever else young kids can get to read to them.” — The Chronicle Herald
“Arguably the most successful kid-lit writer in North America.” — Toronto Star
“More witty, creative and entertaining than most of what passes for adult literature.” — The Globe and Mail
“Munsch is now as important to a whole generation of children as any television character. “ — Quill & Quire
