The Fair-Share Pair
| Author | Valerie Tripp |
| Illustrator | Joy Allen |
| Originally Published | © 2005 American Girl |
| ISBN | 1584859938 |
Table of Contents
It’s Pajama Day! Hurray!
Although it’s a rainy day, all the children inside Miss Sparks’ classroom are happy, wiggly, and giggly. Today is Pajama Day! Everybody is wearing pajamas the same, but not everybody’s pajamas are the same… they’re all different! Skylar has stars on her pajamas. Gwen has soccer balls. Nathan has a superhero. Connor has cars, and Logan has flowers. Miss Sparks nods her head. Maybe soon they’ll be able to go outside and look at the flowers, like the ones on Logan’s pajamas.
But by recess time, it is still raining, so all the children stay inside. Connor and Logan play in the toy corner. Connor has two cars with him. Logan is using blocks to make an arch. Logan explains the arch is a rainbow! But, Connor can pretend it’s a bridge. They can share it, and they’ll be the fair-share pair. Connor smiles. He offers Logan a chance to play with the red car. Together, the two children have fun sharing the cars and blocks.
Then, Miss Sparks announces it’s finally stopped raining. All the children rush up to put on their coats and boots. Connor grabs his toy cars from the toy corner, and all the children head outside. Logan runs to the edge of the blacktop by a beautiful mud puddle. She sees a beautiful rainbow in the puddle. Connor comes over, thinking the blacktop looks like a racetrack. He pretends to race his cars down the blacktop.
Logan points out there’s ladybugs in the puddle. Maybe they can make a Ladybug Land that’s the perfect size for ladybugs. She scoops up mud to make houses, and lines pebbles up in the puddle to make roads. She uses leaves to make boats. Logan says they’re playing different games, but they’re both happy.