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Wormell, Chris
2 Reviews
(3)
K-3
A solitary child and her little brown dog fend off a bear seeking entry to their wintry mountain cave, only to discover that the bear was simply trying to get to its cub. The quietly luminous art reinforces the characters' vulnerability and their eventual bond, allowing all four of them to curl up together for warmth in the cold night.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
(4)
K-3
A monster is so ugly that he scares away real animals and causes the stone animals he carves to crack, with the exception of a stone rabbit, whom the monster grows to love. The book's pacing is off and the ending anticlimactic, but the chatty narration ("Pretty ugly, eh?") is engaging, and the illustrations convey the soulfulness under the monster's unattractive but endearing exterior.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
2 reviews
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