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24 pp.
| Candlewick |
August, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-2162-5$8.99 New ed. (1989, Knopf)
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PSSuper Sturdy Picture Book series.
Browne's preschool-level paean to the wonder of books is a fine choice to reissue in this series. Unfortunately, the balanced design of the pages and the rhythm and pace of the text have been lost in this edition, in which the text begins on the verso rather then the recto, so that related text originally sharing a spread is now split up.