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Magnolia Mudd and the Super Jumptastic Launcher Deluxe
40 pp.
| Sterling |
January, 2018 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4549-2174-5$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Valerio Fabbretti.
Magnolia loves a) inventing and b) her inventive uncle. Initially unimpressed with Uncle Jamie's fiancé, Magnolia comes around when Miss Emily proves equally open to innovation. The characters are flatly written, but cartoony illustrations in pencil, ink, and digital media humorously depict Magnolia's inventive tweaks to wedding traditions from around the world until, on the big day, she unveils her "dual-directional super-jumptastic flower launcher deluxe."