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72 pp.
| Cavendish
| January, 1998
|
TradeISBN 0-7614-5014-9
(2)
4-6
Photographs by
Stephen Trimble.
Dewey's lively account includes rich descriptions of the mucky stuff, interesting information, and episodes from her own childhood. She discusses mud as material for childhood games, Native American rituals, and pottery making, and as building material for animals and humans. The four chapters are accompanied by striking full-page photos and Dewey's own characteristically fine pencil drawings. Glos., ind.