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32 pp.
| Owlkids
| March, 2014
|
TradeISBN 978-1-77147-009-4$16.95
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This slapstick comedy plays out primarily in spare ink and pencil-crayon illustrations, especially in Schwartz's expressive characters. Two vole brothers look up to see a pigeon flying overhead: "Ooooooo..." But then--"SPLAT!" The clueless pigeon drops a bird-poo bomb on one brother's head. The silliness continues with a banana-peel pratfall and more bird poo--it's a recipe for a rollicking if low-brow storytime.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2014
32 pp.
| Owlkids
| September, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-1-926818-83-2$15.95
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K-3
On the heels of Schwartz's Mole Sisters scamper these hungry rodent sibs, who think they've got it made when they steal a piece of pizza from a cat. Cartoony textured illustrations and witty all-dialogue-balloon storytelling combine for an entertaining read.
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Those cheery minimalist sisters are back. In the first title, they delight in playing at fairies ("flit flit") until it's time to be moles again; in the second, they take a new way home and explore a wonder-filled cave until it's time to go home ("hey ho"). The intimacy of the small, square books is enhanced by the much smaller colored-pencil illustrations and the brief but immediate texts. [Review covers these titles: The Mole Sisters and the Fairy Ring and The Mole Sisters and the Way Home.]
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Those cheery minimalist sisters are back. In the first title, they delight in playing at fairies ("flit flit") until it's time to be moles again; in the second, they take a new way home and explore a wonder-filled cave until it's time to go home ("hey ho"). The intimacy of the small, square books is enhanced by the much smaller colored-pencil illustrations and the brief but immediate texts. [Review covers these titles: The Mole Sisters and the Fairy Ring and The Mole Sisters and the Way Home.]
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Mole Sisters series.
"I'm not a baby," says a butterfly, "I'm a...butterfly"; "I'm not a butterfly," says a giraffe, "I'm a...giraffe." By book's end, the butterfly, the giraffe, a baby, and several other animals and objects enjoy a newspaper-boat ride. The book makes no sense: why would a butterfly (etc.) need to tell us that it isn't a baby (etc.)? Only the painstaking colored-pencil images recommend this confounding offering.
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Mole Sisters series.
These two additions to the beguiling mole sisters series convey humor and joie de vivre with few words and small, winsome illustrations. In Cool Breeze, the sisters' attempt to fan themselves on a hot day has comical results. In Question, they wonder who they are--fish, birds, or even snails--but in the end, they happily conclude they're simply the mole sisters. [Review covers these Mole Sisters titles: The Mole Sisters and the Cool Breeze and The Mole Sisters and the Question.]