I like this book because it teaches a lesson. ( )

This easy reader follows Max through a day at school. Using a simple, limited vocabulary and one to two sentences per page, the reader follows Max as he does such things as going to school, eating lunch, and playing on the playground. The flat watercolor and colored pencil illustrations portray a multicultural classroom without commenting on it. Max appears to be African-American, and his classmates and teacher include people of many races. Recommended for kindergarten through first grades. ( )