Me Too! Me Too!

by Harriet Ziefert, Karen Gundersheimer (Illustrator)

Molly and her little sister have fun playing indoors and outdoors on a rainy day.

28 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Harriet Ziefert grew up in North Bergen, New Jersey, where she attended the local schools. She graduated from Smith College, then received a Masters degree in Education from New York University.

For many years, Ziefert was an elementary school teacher. She taught most grades from kindergarten to fifth grade. "I liked it," she said, but she stopped teaching when she had her own sons. When her children were older, Ziefert wanted "a bigger arena" for her work. She went to work at a publishing company, Scholastic in New York City, developing materials for teacher's guides for kindergarten language arts and social studies programs.

"About twelve years ago," says Ziefert in a 1995 interview, "I tried to get a job as an editor, but no one would hire me as a trade editor. So I decided to write my own books." Since then, she has written several hundred books, mostly picture books and easy-to-read books. "I write books very quickly," she says, "in about twelve hours. I rewrite them three times over three days, and then they're done." She writes about twenty books a year.

Reviews

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book with this ISBN in not a board book, nor is it about animals. However, it is by Zeifert with Karen Gundersheimer doing the illustrations. Two young sisters play dress up from a box of "old clothes" and when it begins to rain they don boots and yellow raincoats to play outside. Nice depiction of playing dress up, but there are no raindrops to be seen when the text says: Jenny likes to feel raindrops on her cheek. For that illustration I would give a one star, otherwise its an okay story.