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32 pp.
| Kids Can |
May, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-1-77138-362-2$15.95
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Illustrated by
Aurélie Guillerey.
Before jalopy-driving Daddy leaves Matthew at kindergarten, the boy asks what will happen if the car breaks down (again): "Then I will come and fetch you in the neighbor's big red tractor." "And if the big red tractor is busy?" So begins this transportation-centered "Hush, Little Baby"–esque valentine. The debonair art captures the whimsy of Daddy's increasingly fanciful claims.