Timothy Goes To School

This book caught my eye because my boyfriends name is Tim. To my surprise, this book was nothing like I had expected. This book sends a terrible message for kids. I read this book to my boyfriend and my roommate, they both agreed. The moral of the story is that clothing is important and it is okay to laugh at people. The story is about Timothy having negative thoughts about a classmate named Claude. One day Timothy wishes that Claude will mess up and the next day he wants Claude to fall in a puddle. I believe that those are negative ideas to give a child. The illustrations are fine and I liked how the characters where animals. However, the after school snacks could have been healthier choices. Cupcakes and cookies were served to Timothy daily by his mom after school. In my opinion the ending of the story was random. Timothy meets a girl in the class and invites her over to his house. While at his house, they "laughed so much about Claude and Grace that they both got the hiccups"...really?