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Graham, Bob

Oscar's Half Birthday

32 pp. | Candlewick | June, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-7636-2699-6 $16.99
(4) K-3 To celebrate Oscar's half birthday, his family prepares a picnic and takes him to a park. The story has no arc--it's more of a paean to city living (strangers help sing "Happy Birthday")--but there's not a cliché in sight, either in the text or in Graham's unmistakable art, in which he once again renders bohemian parents with dignity.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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