Pinky and Rex and the School Play

Funtimes. This is about managing expectations. Pinky wants to be an actor and who doesn't, right? Rex wants nothing to do with the stage. Rex is a natural and Pinky doesn't get the part he wants. He is so upset he stops talking to Rex. Very sad. Pinky has to learn to deal with his want vs the realit......more

I think that I would give this book two and a half stars. Ever sensitively attuned to the subtlest feelings and nuances of the emotions of the youngest students, James Howe has accomplished something important once again in the writing of this book. Forty pages with a great many illustrations is not......more

Pinky and Rex are best friends. Pinky wants to be an actor. He talks Rex into auditioning for the school play with him but swears never to speak to her again when Rex gets the lead. Will Pinky be able to forgive Rex and go back to being best friends? Watercolor illustrations capture the humorous sce......more

Cute book for level 3 readers. Pinky really wants the lead role in the school play and makes his best friend go to rehearsals with him. Sadly, she gets the lead which turns into Pinky no longer talking to her. It was cute to read how the6 work things out, so this book can teach about true friendship......more

Two good friends find that seeing one gets the role of the main character in the school play when the other one wanted it; it puts a bind on their relationship. But like all good friends they see it through.......more