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Brennan, Eileen

Bad Astrid

32 pp. | Random | May, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-85580-1 $15.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-95580-8 $18.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Regan Dunnick. New neighbor Astrid is tormenting the narrator, who finally confronts her when Astrid crashes her bike. But it's not a downtrodden-bullied-kid story: the book features extremely funny (if not-always-smooth) rhymes ("my heart sank a trifle / as there came crashing down / my Popsicle stick Eiffel"). The endearing human-seeming dog characters are rendered with a spare line and much compassion.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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