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40 pp.
| Atheneum |
June, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4169-7877-0$16.99
(3)
K-3
"Do taffy pullers ever push and make a glob of sticky mush?" A boy addresses his rapidly unspooling mental list of questions to the reader. The rhymes are sometimes unabashedly silly; at other times they inspire thought. The acrylics, which feature text that changes font, size, and arc, are artfully jam-packed, like the narrator's mind.