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40 pp.
| Chronicle |
May, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4521-5234-9$16.99
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Two quarrelsome mice--one orange, one blue--use increasingly dramatic strategies to lay claim to a large gray rock. Mack's clever story includes only the titular word spoken repeatedly (color-coded to indicate the speaker) as mixed-media illustrations with a minimalist color palette highlight the action. In a humorous twist, the disgruntled rock itself--a rather unlikely-looking turtle--gets the last word.