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32 pp.
| Holt |
August, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-8050-6249-1$$15.95
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Illustrated by
Heather Cahoon.
By asking whom the reader will invite to tea, this book cleverly suggests groups that add up to ten: "You might find 6 ballerinas and 4 frogs who love to leap. Or will you ask 5 shepherds and 5 fleecy, fluffy sheep?" The meter often stumbles or shifts, and the digitally generated art, though usually colorful and attractive, is sometimes flat. Overall, however, the concept works.