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32 pp.
| Farrar |
April, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-374-35759-7$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Kevin O'Malley.
Root introduces legendary lumberjack Paul's outsize "little" sister, who sets off for the North Woods, where she'll have some space. The hyperbole-strewn story suffers from a lack of plot, but O'Malley does a fine job of capturing each dramatic episode (Paula befriends a bear, sics mosquitoes on some tree-felling lumberjacks, etc.) in his large-scale illustrations, which have a fittingly woodblockish quality.