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32 pp.
| Sterling |
January, 2018 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4549-2239-1$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Helen Dardik.
Bagel is roundly (get it?) rejected when he tries to find a partner for the Cherry Jubilee dance contest: Pretzel tells him his steps don't "cut the mustard," Croissant says his moves are "totally stale," etc. The baked-goods-centric puns don't serve the (bland) story as well as the story serves the puns, but humor abounds in the pink-frosted digital art.