You Go First

(Hardback)

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In the spirit of Mo Willems and Ben Clanton, this charming, laugh-out-loud picture book shows how a good friend can become even better by trying new things and putting others first.

Cat and Duck are very good friends and play together all the time, so when the new slide gets built, they cant wait to try it out! Only, the slide is very big and curvywhat if its too big for Cat As Cat and Duck move closer to the front of the line, Cat imagines everything that could go wrong until his worries start to rub off on Duck. Now Duck doesnt want to go down the slide either.

Cat feels bad that Duck is missing out on the fun because of him. Can he find a way to make it right

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"Both extremely funny and spot-on sensitive." -- Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW

Author Bio

Ariel Bernstein is the author ofI Have a Balloon,which received starred reviews fromPublishers WeeklyandKirkus Reviewsand was a Junior Library Guild Selection;Where Is My Balloon, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year;We Love Fishing!, whichPublishersWeeklycalled relatable and funny in a starred review; andYou Go First.She lives in New Jersey with her family. Learn more at ArielBernsteinBooks.com.

Marc Rosenthal is theNew York Timesbestselling illustrator of many books for children, including the Small Walt collection by Elizabeth Verdick,All You Need Is Loveby John Lennon and Paul McCartney,I Must Have Bobo!by Eileen Rosenthal,We Love Fishing!by Ariel Bernstein, andArchie and the Pirates, which he wrote. He lives in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Learn more at Marc-Rosenthal.com.