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24 pp.
| Whitman |
January, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-8075-9374-5
(3)
K-3
A young girl narrates in breezy rhyme how a louse searched for a new home, found one on the girl's head, and was soon discovered and evicted. A subtext provides information about lice, their life cycle, and cures for infestation. The light tone, cartoonlike illustrations, and straight facts combine to help readers deal with lice, and a doctor's foreword reassures grossed-out grownups.