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Collins, Suzanne

When Charlie McButton Lost Power

32 pp. | Putnam | May, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-399-24000-4 $15.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Mike Lester. A storm knocks out the power in computer-game-addicted Charlie McButton's house, forcing him to take a battery from his sister Isabel Jane's dolly. This causes Isabel Jane understandable anguish mitigated only when Charlie realizes that sisters, like computer games, are interactive, and he plays with her. On-meter Seussian rhymes and antic art combine to create an original, funny, and timely tale.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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