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87 pp.
| Holiday |
May, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-8234-1576-7$$15.95
(4)
1-3
Illustrated by
Herm Auch.
This is a funny follow-up to I Was a Third Grade Science Project. Because an experiment in the first book goes wrong, Arful Lewis, a dog, can talk. In alternating chapters headed by thumbnail drawings of the narrators, Arful and human third-grader Josh tell their versions of preparations for the school talent show. The illustrations have a sketchy, amateurish quality, but the text's droll humor moves this chapter book along.