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McElmurry, Jill

Mad about Plaid

32 pp. | HarperCollins | April, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-688-16951-1 $$14.95 | Library ISBN 0-688-16952-X $$14.89
(4) K-3 When Madison Pratt's ill-fated encounter with a little pocketbook causes plaid patterns to move across the town, the girl finds herself trying to reverse the curse that touches everything. She manages to change the plaid to blue, but then everyone is sad and gloomy until her funny song changes the mood. Although the illustrations are droll with a look that combines the present with the 1930s, the uneven rhyme scheme sometimes thuds along.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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