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Hoberman, Mary Ann

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

32 pp. | Little/Tingley | November, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-04117-1 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Michael Emberley. This reliable series gets a refreshing variation, with its signature phrase ("you read to me! / I'll read to you!") replaced by pithy rhyming morals. The thirteen fables are mostly familiar; their traditional structure makes them a canny choice for the color-coded poems for two voices. Hoberman is really the master of unforced rhyme, and Emberley's pencil-and-watercolor illustrations are consistently spry.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2011