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Bradford, Wade

Why Do I Have to Make My Bed?: Or, A History of Messy Rooms

32 pp. | Tricycle | February, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-1-58246-327-8 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-1-58246-388-9 $19.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Johanna van der Sterre. When a chores-fatigued boy asks the titular question, his mom describes his grandmother's identical lament. Her mom responded with a similar story, and back through the generations (the boy's distant ancestor complains, "Me already clean cave!...Why me have to make bed?"). This somewhat labored history lesson features art that drolly re-creates the chosen time periods.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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