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32 pp.
| Little |
April, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-316-79899-1$$15.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Michael Hays.
Realistic paintings document an African-American boy and his dad's day together, during which they have fun cleaning the house, then going out to the park, a movie, and dinner as a reward. Plentiful repetition--"Next we fix, fix, fix the faucets, / squeeze, squeeze, squeeze the soap"--gives this account of nontraditional male bonding a pleasant rhythm.