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40 pp.
| Little Simon
| January, 2019
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TradeISBN 978-1-5344-2981-9$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-5344-2982-6
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Marc Rosenthal.
If ever there was a pop song whose uplifting sentiment suits a picture book, it's this Beatles classic. And if ever there was a pop song whose lyrics look inane in a picture book, it's this one ("Love, love, love...”, etc.). Still, the jubilant illustrations of a bear moved to good deeds by the sound of music delivers the message.