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32 pp.
| Boyds |
April, 2002 |
TradeISBN 1-56397-916-0$$14.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Tammie Lyon.
In this simple tolerance lesson, both animal and human families demonstrate opposite habits equally worthy of respect: "Some families dress up / to go do the town / And others are happy / just hanging around." Some of the rhymes strain, but the premise is sound, and the images of a colorful spectrum of families indulging their passions are winning.