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Hoberman, Mary Ann

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together

32 pp. | Little/Tingley | May, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-316-14611-0 $$16.95

(1) K-3 Illustrated by Michael Emberley. Like its predecessor, this lap-friendly volume includes a handful of rhyming short stories designed to be read aloud by two readers. The verse is sprightly and conversational; each story is a mild but clever takeoff on a familiar tale. Emberley's line is elegant as well as funny, the colors are fresh, and with a plenitude of vignettes for each story, still-new readers get plenty of clues.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2004