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32 pp.
| Farrar |
May, 2005 |
TradeISBN 0-374-35098-1$16.00
(3)
K-3
This paean to the narrator's mother ("My mom's as beautiful as a butterfly...") shows Browne's sunny side, as he repeats a motif of hearts and flowers on every page, from endpapers to mom's bathrobe. But with touches such as his signature gorilla (on a cake) and transformations (juggled balls become cars and houses), Browne rescues the book from blandness.