For Just One Day is a newer book. I was reading many books that I had already read before when I was younger or ones that I had heard of. This book was quite a surprise. It is about a little boy who goes through many different animals like a chimpanzee, porcupine, grizzly bear, butterfly and many that that he would want to be for just one day. At the end he explains how he would only want to be these things for just one day because the rest of the days he just want to be himself. The book has a wonderful message for children. It is okay to want to be something or someone else for a day, but in the end, the best person you can be is you.
I really liked the way the book was laid out. Every page was a different animal, but on the page before it would give clues as to what the next animal he wanted to be was. This can be really fun for children and they can guess what the next animal is. The words also rhyme so that will make it a bit more easier for them. The pictures are fun and colorful. The font of the animal names changes and are always a different color. My favorite part is the last page. When the boy explains that all the other days he wants to be the "special him" there is a little mirror. This will be fun for the readers while reading the book because they will be able to see their own reflection.
I think children will find this book fun and exciting. It is not very hard so I think it would be best for grades K-2. They can read along with their parent\guardian. When I read this book to two second grades that got a huge kick out of it and especially the mirror in the end. I really love this book and think children will too.
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