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K-3
Illustrated by
Marc Brown.
The zoo-animal cast from Sierra and Brown's Wild About Books beats the "midwinter doldrums" by putting on a musical. There's not much story after they decide to perform, but the rhymes are quite expert ("awoke, he" begets "karaoke" and "Hokey Pokey"), and as he's proved before, Brown can imbue even the homeliest of animals with remarkable humanity.