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K-3
Illustrated by
Holly Meade.
Queenie's husband walked off after the simultaneous births of their fifteen daughters. Unfazed, Queenie is a hard-working single mother who indulges her daughters to the max. The message concerning the competent, ever-coping mother is hardly subtle, but the repetitive litanies and comical accumulations of detail keep this engaging tall tale light, as do the airy pen lines dappled in cheerful watercolors.