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Illustrated by
Mike Lowery.
What can a crane pick up? According to this book, anything and everything. Dotlich's energetic, smoothly rhyming text is well matched with Lowery's childlike mixed-media illustrations. The images of happy, friendly-looking machines (and animals, planets, and underpants) are irresistible; the playful hand-lettered verse is full of silly surprises. Lowery's subdued palette balances the wacky scenes of smiley cranes taking on the challenges.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2012