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24 pp.
| HarperFestival |
September, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-694-01458-3$$9.95
(4)
PSHarper Growing Tree series.
Illustrated by
Fumi Kosaka.
A dirty toddler hops into a bubble bath and emerges clean in this playful rhyming text. Although some rhymes are self-conscious ("Bubbles, bubbles, in the tubbles") and some oblique ("Dry the tootsies, dry the mop. / Squeaky clean from tush to top"), the thickly textured pastel-style illustrations fill the page with strong organic forms, and the familiar routine will resonate.