Ezra Jack Keats, Preformed by Wally Amos
Peter's Chair is the story of a boy named Peter whose parents have just had a new baby. Peter walks around the house and notices that his parents are fussing with the new baby and painting his baby furniture pink! Peter's jealousy caused him to make a serious decision. He packs some things, including his little chair which he is determined his parents will not paint pink, and decides to run away. Peter sits in his chair just outside the house to think a bit. Just then Peter's mother calls to him and invites him back in for a special lunch. Peter suddenly realizes that he is too big for the chair, anyway. He goes inside and tells his father that he'd like to paint the chair pink for his new baby sister. The story ends with Peter and his father painting the chair, with a warm feeling of giving and understanding surrounding Peter and his family.
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