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Bonwill, Ann

The Frazzle Family Finds a Way

32 pp. | Holiday | January, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-2405-4 $16.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Stephen Gammell. The Frazzle family members can't remember sunscreen, grocery lists, or pants. Aunt Rosemary comes to the rescue, but her many organizational efforts fail. The Frazzles eventually discover they can remember anything if they put it in a song. Gammell's frenetic illustrations perfectly express the Frazzle family's frazzled world. The happy ending leaves the whole family celebrating Rosemary's birthday--which they remembered.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth