ISBN 978-1-56145-471-6 $15.95Children’swww.peachtree-online.com

Printed and manufactured in Singapore

NancyHayashihas illustrated

several picture

books, including RAYMOND AND NELDA;

BUNNY BUNGALOW, which won a 2000

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award;

WANDAÕS MONSTER, a CCBC Choice;

and WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY?, also

a CCBC Choice. She lives in California.

Emily Pearl is a very big girl.

She can do a lot all by herself—make

her own bed, peanut butter her bread,

and even play the trombone while she

stands on her head. And if anyone

should even consider offering to help

her, Emily Pearl reminds them, “I can do

it myself!”

But while there’s a lot that Emily

Pearl can do all by herself, sometimes—

like at night, when it’s starting to get

dark and it’s time for bed—it’s nice to

have someone else there.

Parents will be amused by the first stir-

rings of independence depicted in Diane

Adams’s cheerful, rhyming text. Children

will enjoy Nancy Hayashi’s endearing

depictions of Emily Pearl’s creative

attempts to do things all by herself.

DianeAdamsis the author

of ZOOM! and

the illustrator of

A HOME FOR SALTY. She holds a

degree in Spanish from the University

of Redlands and has studied under

Marla Frazee at the Art Center College

of Design in Pasadena. Visit her website

at www.d ianeadams .ne t .

ISBN 13: 978-1-56145-471-6ISBN 10: 1-56145-471-0

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