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Leonard, Marie

Tibili: The Little Boy Who Didn't Want to Go to School

32 pp. | Kane/Miller | March, 2002 | Trade ISBN 1-929132-20-4 $$15.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Andree Prigent. In this French import, Tibili, an African boy, asks Crope the spider how to get out of going to school. Crope's answer is in the Box of Knowledge, but Tibili can't open it because he can't read the directions. The smudgy crayoned illustrations are unpolished, but the taut writing and simple story form a pleasant whole.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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