SuitabookPat picks up
Susan Blackaby
- Reading
- After reading, compare what the story shows with what you expected, especially whether it explains the outcome.
- Themes
- Finding the shoes: Pat cannot find her shoes before a big game and cleans her messy room. The premise sets up a search, but does not establish whether Pat finds the shoes or how the search is portrayed beyond her careful cleaning.
- Tidying a messy room: Orderliness is listed among the work's subjects. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- If useful, invite the child to notice what Pat does before deciding whether to help.