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Radunsky, V.

The Mighty Asparagus

32 pp. | Harcourt/Silver Whistle | May, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-15-216743-9 $$16.00
(3) K-3 This winningly tongue-in-cheek takeoff on the Russian folktale "The Turnip" changes the vegetable to a giant stalk of asparagus and the setting to Renaissance Italy, where a king enlists help to yank the green "monster" out of his yard. Radunsky's confiding omniscient narrator ("Oh. I almost forgot. How silly of me") and whimsical art draw readers into the nonsensical story.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann

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