Meet Little Mike and his cousin Joshua who has engaged in a fierce race. One night, the little boys were getting ready to go to sleep,they decided to have a race to find out who could get into their pajamas quicker. Little Mike's pants and shirts both had buttons on them. Joshua uses his cloths with zippers. They decided to battle it out every night to see who will win. Off they wen! Little Mike was quicker and finished putting them on first. At the end, they both won. But little Mike wanted to race again. They decided to go to the master in order to see if they could race again. Buttons and Zippers is a, picture book beginning reader. I was inspired by my son to write this book. This story reflects the day-to-day life of many Pre-K to second graders in their struggle to surpass their opponents.