Captain Buckleboots on the Naughty Step — Mark Sperring

Most of the time, Sam is a good little boy, but every once in a while he is naughty. For punishment, he has to sit on the bottom step of the stairs, where he can't play with his toys or do anything else except sit. With nothing to do, he's left to think about the naughty thing he has just done. But one day, as he is sitting on his step, he is joined by a pirate named Captain Buckleboots . . . and then by several other strange fellows. They all have to sit down and think about the naughty things each of them has done. . . like fighting, or behaving like monsters. Finally they understand that they all have one more important thing to do. They each have to decide how to say ""I'm sorry "" Large color illustrations fill every page of this attractive book, with oversize type that tells a story most little boys and girls will recognize as being very much like their own.