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32 pp.
| Simon Spotlight |
August, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4424-8742-0$16.99
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PaperISBN 978-1-4424-8741-3$3.99 New ed. (2011)
(4)
K-3Ready-to-Read series.
Illustrated by
Brian Biggs.
Previously published as a picture book, this easy reader features a slightly different text. Rylant squeezes in some memorable lines ("They curl up. / Happy little bed balls"), but the narrative could use a wrinkle besides the ones in Brownie's "moon covers": nothing really happens. As always, Brownie and Pearl are presented directly, warmly, and adorably in the spare text and digital art.