This is a lovely story about neighbors helping neighbors. The opening pages show a sign, with little tear-off phone number strips, stating “BUILD UP NEIGHBORS       Fix a neighbor’s house together!”

Wilson’s grandmother’s house needs some fixing up. Wilson tells all the things he will do to Gigi’s house one day, a fresh coat of paint the color of the sun. To which Gigi replies,” ‘I will like that but today, you are all the sunshine I need.’ ” Wilson tells the ice cream truck vendor how he will fix Gigi’s windows, so they will open to let in the breeze. A fence, so Gigi can have a dog for companion. Wilson will fix the balcony, the chimney for the fireplace,  and the leaky roof Wilson mentions to the librarian. Wilson will have Gigi’s piano tuned. Finally, Wilson tells his teacher and classmates about planting flowers for Gigi.

” ‘One day.’ said Wilson… ‘one day is here!!’ ” In three glorious, untexted, double-spread pages, Gigi’s neighbors all come together to repair her house.

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