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Seymour, Tres

Our Neighbor Is a Strange, Strange Man

32 pp. March, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-531-30107-9 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-531-33107-5 $$16.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop. A young boy wonders about his neighbor, Melville Murrell, who talks to birds and wants to fly. Murrell builds a flying contraption, and the boy is astounded when it lifts off the ground. This fictionalized glimpse of an actual pre-Wright-brothers invention is illustrated with expressive acrylic paintings. Repetition of the titular phrase becomes tedious, but the book is interesting for its unfamiliar subject. An author's note offers additional background.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

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