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BridgeWater
2 Reviews
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Cyd Moore.
A boy's wild, meandering fantasies about what could possibly go wrong at school are answered with compassion, humor, and just as much imagination by his sympathetic mother. The text works hard to portray the boy's naïvete, but the illustrations make full use of each spread, conveying the tremendous energy of any young school-age child.
Reviewer: CHristine Sarrazin
(3)
K-3
Mama and her children enter the chili cook-off to win money to fix their washboard-rough road. Unfortunately, a space monster swallows their whole batch before the judges get to it, but he thanks them by giving them some of his "Chee-lee"--an inedible goop they use to fix their potholes. The subdued colors in the cartoon-style paintings lend a dusty dry West Texas atmosphere, with pen strokes providing shading.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.
2 reviews
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