PRESCHOOL
Burgerman, Jon

Rhyme Crime

(4) PS "Once upon a time, a thief committed a crime. / Everything he stole was replaced with a rhyme." Readers will find pleasure in guessing the rhymes ("Hammy's brand-new hat / was swapped for a...")--easy enough until the thief steals someone's orange and replaces it with "ummm...splorange?" The billboard-bright cartoonish illustrations of goggle-eyed blob-creatures are droll but have a hastily executed look.

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