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Illustrated by
David Diaz.
Diaz appropriately lightens his palette for this tale, told with compressed poetry by Brown, of a scarecrow boy who, wanting more than anything to fill his father's fearsome footsteps, sneaks into the fields one day to try to scare the crows. This is a clear, strong hymn to toddler independence and parental security, buoyed by big and sunny illustrations in brightly autumnal colors.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 1998