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24 pp.
| HarperFestival
| May, 2002
|
TradeISBN 0-694-01567-9$$9.95
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Harper Growing Tree series.
Illustrated by
Thierry Courtin.
Guided by two toddlers, this is an entertaining tour of the seasons. Unpredictable rhymes in tight, stumble-free meter ("Steer a sailboat, touch the sea, / Listen to a bumblebee") do, as the title suggests, give the narrative a songlike quality. The bold-colored cartoons featuring two doughy kids making the most of the seasons are mundane but serve the text.