If you're a fan of Deborah Diesen's "The Pout-Pout Fish", David Shannon's "No, David!", and Kimberly & James Dean's "Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes", you're going to enjoy The Dumb Thumb! A good behavior promoting adventure book. Chester is a bright, lovely boy, who is smart all throughout except for his, well, not so smart thumb. See, Chester's thumb always got stuck in his mouth! Will Chester find a way to keep his thumb away from his mouth? Follow Chester's adventures along to see what happens! In 1962, as an assignment for a creative writing class, the late Marjorie Cole Rowden sat at her typewriter and wrote The Dumb Thumb. The inspiration was her young son, an ardent thumb-sucker. The original typed pages of the story, dusty with age, are treasured by her family. Delightfully brought to life by illustrator Bana Balleh, the printing of The Dumb Thumb is a gift to Marjorie's great-grandchildren and to children everywhere.
