It happened one Saturday that Mr. and Mrs. Noonan had left on a day of errands. The children did their chores and waited for the sitter to arrive. But the sitter never showed up. Left on their own, they gleefully decided to tackle the biggest chore of all.

Three resourceful children and one great idea turned this unsupervised Saturday into a bedlam of paints and brushes and pets underfoot. It was a hard-working, fast-moving, fun-filled time for everyone.

And, oh, were they ever happy when blues and greens, reds and yellows finally covered every thing, in this colorful new tale from Peter Spier.

From the dust jacket