Marie wants to make friends in the park. She's shy, having just moved from Haiti. When she finds the courage to play on the swings, she realizes that she's not the only kid from somewhere else. Marie is able to make new friends. She discovers that every kid in the park says, "Whee!"

Marie wants to make friends in the park. She's shy, having just moved from Haiti. When she finds the courage to play on the swings, she realizes that she's not the only kid from somewhere else. Marie is able to make new friends. She discovers that every kid in the park says, "Whee!" Meet Marie's new friends and you'll learn how to say hello and good-bye in Haitian Creole, Hindi, Spanish, Mandarin, Russian, and English.

Carol Higgins-Lawrence wrote her first story at the age of five and her dad paid her a quarter for it! She's been writing ever since. Carol was inspired to write this story while playing with her children in the park and appreciating the cultural differences and similarities among everyone. She has worked as a Literacy Educator and English Teacher for speakers of other languages. Carol lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and two children.