Salad Pie [Hardcover]

There is nothing sweeter than?arriving at the playground,?seeing it empty, and knowing you have it all to yourself-the silent comfort of playing alone.

Maggie is overjoyed to have that solitude to make her Salad Pie. But then Herbert saunters over and wants to play too.

I'm making salad. Salad Pie. And don't you touch it!

Herbert just wants to help, even though Maggie makes it clear she won't let him.Then her imaginary pie takes a spill, and she realizes Herbert's?intentions are not so bad after all.

Learning to share and play nicely with other children can be a challenge. In?Salad Pie, Maggie finds the playground deserted when she arrives. This, she feels, is the perfect environment for making salad pie. She is not happy when Herbert shows up to help her. However, when her beautiful salad pie takes an unexpected tumble, Herbert is there to save the day, and Maggie realizes that salad pie is even better when shared. Colorful, energetic depictions of the children at play support and illustrate the storys important lesson.?

Maggie believes the only way to make salad pie is in the park by herself. There should be no noise and, most importantly, no help. Herberts appearance makes her grumpy at first, but when she realizes she cant scare him away, she reluctantly allows him to help add a garnish or two to her dandelion, crab apple, and clover salad. When Maggie falls off the slide performing her salad song-and-dance routlãÚ