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32 pp.
| Philomel
| January, 2003
|
TradeISBN 0-399-23206-0$$15.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Ora Eitan
&
Ora Eitan.
Fitzgerald's simple song forms the text for this dynamically designed rendition in which a boy loses his letter (in a green and yellow basket), asks people on his city street for help finding it, and eventually gets it back. Unfortunately, the mixed-media collage illustrations, while artistically intriguing, tend to be confusing rather than illuminating.