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Dickson, Irene
2 Reviews
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Engaging full-bleed illustrations shore up a spare, low-tension text to show what a boy and his dog do with a stick: "throw it," "balance with it," "swish it," "stir with it," and so on. The boy drops the stick from a bridge, and it floats downstream to a little girl. She uses the "very useful stick" in a tent she's building, and the two (plus pup) play together.
Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee
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Ruby has red blocks, Benji blue. The two play separately--until Benji picks up one of Ruby's. A tug-of-war ensues and ends with one big pile of mixed-up blocks. When the pair realizes that two colors are better than one, they begin building again, with grander and more colorful results. With simple mixed-media illustrations and preschool-drama-filled text, this book makes a first-rate read-aloud.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2016
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