Sissy Buttons Takes Charge Author:Ian Whybrow PreS-Gr. 2. Sissy Button has trouble remembering to pick up after herself. In an extended dream sequence or in a flight of imagination (it isn't quite clear), she takes her stuffed bears on a picnic, where they create a mess. In frustration, she dumps the bears into the shovel of her Caterpillar tractor (it's refreshing to see a little girl who ... more »plays with a toy earthmover) and plops them into a lake, where she joins them for a swim. After this, the bears shape up and help out when it's time to build the fire and toast marshmallows and hot dogs. When Sissy Button's mother comes to the yard, she finds the teddy bears neatly lined up in the shovel of the toy tractor. Whybrow's rhythmic text is enhanced by Villet's bright, simple illustrations. The art is especially good at depicting the bears' floppiness, as in the scene showing one of the bears falling into a cake like the proverbial drunk at a wedding. REview by Todd Morning from American Library Association« less