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Becker, Helaine

Mama Likes to Mambo

32 pp. | Stoddart | May, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-7737-3316-7 $$15.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by John Beder. Some of the poems in this collection are overlong, but all are imaginative, kid-pleasing, and Prelutsky-esque in topic and level of humor ("I woke up in a muddle / In the middle of a puddle / Had the poodle made a piddle in the middle / Of the night?"). The typeface is too small and crowded, but the picture book layout works well, with large, vibrant illustrations set off nicely against plentiful white space.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

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