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The Menino

56 pp. | Groundwood | October, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55498-778-8 $19.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-55498-779-5
(2) K-3 Translated by Elisa Amado. This peculiar book begins in utero and covers all manner of baby benchmarks. Third-person text explains infantile functions from an alien's perspective, with comical results. On defecation (complete with illustration): "For thicker waste, all Meninos have / the same design-- / another little hole at the back..." Scratchy pencil, pen, and Photoshop drawings, in browns, oranges, and blues, interpret the text with lighthearted jocularity.
Reviewer: Thom Barthelmess | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2016

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