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48 pp.
| Groundwood |
September, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-1-55498-295-0$18.95
(3)
K-3
In this follow-up to A Few Blocks, big sister Viola prepares lunch for little Ferdie. To persuade him to eat she creates enticing, detailed stories about his veggies; in a twist ending, Ferdie uses the tactic on Viola. Young's colorful ink, watercolor, and collage illustrations of the imagined scenes pop against white backgrounds and expand across pages as the stories unfold.