Genre
Realistic fiction
Theme
Handling bad moods
Subject
Bad days
Caring
Familial love
Family recreation
Family relationships
Fathers and sons
Games
Indoor games
Kindness
Loyalty
P (The letter)
Parent and child
Pizza
Play
Pretending
Rainy days

Pete had planned to go play ball with his friends, but it's raining! Pete's parents cheer him up by making him into a pizza: kneading, stretching, and twirling the dough, adding tomatoes (checkers) and cheese (pieces of paper), and baking it in the oven (the couch) - even tickling it! Eventually the sun comes out and Pete goes out to play. Pete's parents turned a bad mood around with good humor!

"Pizzas are not supposed to laugh."
"Pizza-makers are not supposed to tickle their pizzas!"

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Re-read many times, including storytimes
August 2019 (w/ pizza craft)
See also: World Pizza by Cece Meng, Hi, Pizza Man! by Virginia Walter ( )

Pete is sad; he was supposed to play ball with the guys but the rain changed their plans. Pete’s father, upset to see his son so miserable, carries him into the kitchen, determined to cheer him up.

His father places him on the table and begins to make Pete into a pizza. He kneads the Pete-dough, stretches it, and twirls and whirls it in the air. Before young readers can yell, “Pizza,” Pete’s become a pretend ready-to-slice pizza.

The silliness of this story will captivate young readers. The illustrations are perfect for this nonsensical tale that will keep both parents and children laughing. [It might even make them hungry for some pizza.]

Highly recommended. ( )

This book is about a little boy named Pete who wanted to play outside with his friends, but it starts raining so he has to stay inside. Due to his boredom, Pete's grandpa uses objects around the house as toppings to make Pete, the pizza dough, into a delicious pizza! Pete, his grandpa and grandma have a fun time imagining that Pete is the pizza dough! When they're all finished, it is finally sunny outside and Pete goes outside to find his friends.

This book is about parents who are trying to cheer up their child. Pete is sad, and so the dad pretends that Pete is a pizza and does silly things like put "pepperoni" on him, and "putting him in the oven". The dad cheers up Pete & he goes to go hangout with his friends.