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You Can't Do That!

Teaching kids confidence and challenging their own limits is the hilarious message in this look at some of the things you can’t really do—unless you really want to try.

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING! Well, now wait a second. Certainly not anything? You can’t eat a waffle the size of a car or fart a rainbow or teach a chicken to bake a pie, right? Join in on this silly, bouncy journey to discover all the things you just CAN’T do. Or can you . . .

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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 1
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Publisher Sleeping Bear Press
Language English
Available Formats Hardcover (9781534113404), PDF (9781668979341), ePub (9781668979235), Hosted ebook (9781668979457)
Copyright 2026
Number of Pages 32
Dimensions 9 x 9
Graphics Full-color illustrations

Author & Illustrator: Marty Kelley

Marty Kelley is an author and illustrator of children’s books but has, in the past, been a second grade teacher, a baker, a cartoonist, a newspaper art director, and (among other things) a drummer in a heavy metal band. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife and children.

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