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40 pp.
| Viking |
April, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-670-01430-9$16.99
(3)
K-3
Opening with a polite hand-written invitation, the story reads as an ultra-proper etiquette guide to hosting a tea party ("Take turns making small talk"; "cater to the individual tastes of your guest"). Hilariously, the illustrations show the real story as Cordelia's honored guest is a T. rex whose enormity, terrible manners, and messiness make the dainty tea party a ruckus.