Slow Down, Henry!: A Life Lesson for Some of Our Favorite Little Friends and Also for Some of Our Not-So-Little Friends

by Meryle Wooster Rubenstein, Ethan Schaler (Illustrator)

Overview

Henry is a happy boy who lives with his mother in a suburban town. His grandmother, a wonderful baker, lives nearby too. Henry loves to go to school and has lots of friends. But Henry is always in a rush! Henry thinks that being first is the most important thing in the whole world, so he works as hard as he can to be the first at everything. Everyone in Henrys life tries to tell him to slow down, but he just doesnt understand why. But when a very special event occurs in Henrys life, he finds out about the dangers of rushing around and trying to be first. Now that hes seen what can happen, will Henry finally slow downor will he just keep living his life like a race, always trying to come in first no matter what?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491704639
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/18/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	80
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Meryle Wooster Rubenstein, currently a stay-at-home mom, earned her BA from American University in Washington, DC, and her master’s degree in early childhood education from New York University. She was the director of a preschool for ten years before marrying and having three children. She currently lives on Long Island, New York, with her three children and her Yorkshire terrier. Ethan Schaier is an illustrator and filmmaker from the North Shore of Boston. He recently gravduated Ithaca College with a Bachelor of Science in Cinema Photography and a minor in Visual Arts. This is Ethan’s first book that he has illustrated but is something he plans to continue doing.

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Slow Down, Henry!

A Life Lesson for Some of Our Favorite Little Friends and Also for Some of Our Not-So-Little Friends

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By Meryle Wooster Rubenstein

iUniverse

Copyright © 2015 Meryle Wooster Rubenstein
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4917-0461-5

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CHAPTER 1

Henry was always in a rush. He wanted to be first at everything. Henry thought that being first was very important!

Henry's mother was always telling Henry to slow down. Everyone was always telling Henry to slow down.

"Slow down, Henry!"

At school, Henry wanted to be the first one on the playground. He ran so fast that he forgot all about the three big steps that led down to the playground.

"Slow down, Henry!"

Henry fell and scraped his knee. His knee hurt so much that he couldn't play kickball at recess. Henry was disappointed. Henry's teacher said,

"Slow down, Henry!"

A few days later, Henry went to visit his Grandma Helen. Grandma Helen loved to bake pies. And Henry loved to eat Grandma Helen's homemade pies.

Grandma Helen had spent the whole morning working hard to make Henry his favorite pie. She had just taken the apple crisp pie out of the oven when Henry arrived at her house.

Henry ran straight into Grandma Helen's kitchen. The pie smelled so delicious that he could hardly wait to eat it.

He wanted to be the first one to have a piece of Grandma Helen's pie.

"Slow down, Henry!"

Henry grabbed the pie off the kitchen table and ...

SMASH!

The pie fell to the floor.

The pie was so hot that it burned Henry's hand. His hand hurt. And the pie was splattered all over the kitchen floor!

"Slow down, Henry!"

"Oh, Henry, are you okay?" asked Grandma Helen. Henry was okay, but he was very upset.

"Don't worry," said Grandma Helen with a smile. "I'll bake you another apple crisp pie next weekend. Maybe then you'll slow down and actually get to eat a piece of pie."

(Continues...)

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