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32 pp.
| Greenwillow
| October, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-247052-2$17.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Daniel Rieley.
"Everything in this book is thoughtful, proper, respectable, and, of course, very, very serious," insists an omniscient narrator. Not so, according to the prim-looking animals enlisted to model serious behavior: as pages are turned, their antics appropriate more and more space until finally it's party time. When the narrator capitulates ("I give up"), readers and listeners will feel victorious as well as satisfied.
24 pp.
| QEB
| July, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-1-60992-725-7$15.95
(4)
PS
Illustrated by
Gill McLean.
When Seth, a snake, says his first word--"Shhhhhhh!"--his noisy animal neighbors think he has a lisp and make fun of him. In fact, Seth is asking them to be quiet; finally realizing this, the animals give him a birthday gift of silence. The illustrations' cutesy, anthropomorphized animals detract only slightly from a story that gently invites discussion.