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Stadler, John

What's So Scary?

32 pp. | Scholastic/Orchard | June, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-531-30301-2 $$16.95
(4) K-3 The title question becomes the refrain as cartoon-style animals--some from other books--come to celebrate Dog's birthday with a sleepover. Instead, they're self-referentially pursued through the pages by an artist whose spilled paint threatens to engulf them, until THE END, when Dog draws a bed for their safe harbor. Although the device is forced at times, it's generally funny; the animals' antics are amusingly pictured.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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