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Pomerantz, Charlotte

The Birthday Letters

32 pp. | Greenwillow | March, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-688-16335-1 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-688-16336-X $$15.89
(4) K-3 Illustrated by JoAnn Adinolfi. Tom is giving his dog, Louie, a birthday party. When Emilia insists on bringing her pet gerbils, "Louie" informs her by letter (Tom is Louie's scribe; Emilia's older brother, Pedro, is hers) that she's uninvited. So begins a feisty correspondence. Given the promising scenario, the ending is rather anticlimactic, and it's hard to keep all the characters straight, but the candy-colored illustrations expertly capture the party vibe.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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