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32 pp.
| Scholastic |
April, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-439-78924-0$16.99
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Illustrated by
Julian Hector.
An omniscient narrator standing in for any mom or dad counts down the work days until week's end, when (most) children can spend time with their parents. This rhyming book about parental love manages to pull heartstrings without being maudlin. Hector tenderly depicts six families so different in composition and appearance that most every reader will see his or her reality reflected.