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32 pp.
| Orca |
August, 2001 |
TradeISBN 1-55143-186-6$$15.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Leslie Elizabeth Watts.
Upon hearing that the rain is caused by the "Old Man... snoring," Little Girl takes out the ladder and makes a journey to the clouds to give the giant there some old-fashioned cold care. The self-consciously precious text is overwritten, but the well-defined illustrations (showing Little Girl's mixed-race family and the pets that accompany her up the ladder) improve on the whimsical tone.