In My New Yellow Shirt, Eileen Spinelli
A yellow shirt received as a birthday present is all a little boy needs to spark his imagination. The bold, acrylic illustrations clearly portray the children's facial expressions as the boy opens the gift from Aunt Betty. His best friend Sam says aloud what all the other guests at the birthday party are thinking, "A yellow shirt! That's no fun!" The boy decides Sam is wrong because when he puts on his bright yellow shirt he can play at being many things. Out in his little backyard swimming pool...
