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48 pp.
| Greenwillow |
March, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-688-16718-7$$15.95
(2)
K-3
In this fourth helping of Corn, Stevenson again provides a pleasant assembly of short poems and aphorism, accompanied and often enlarged by pen and watercolor sketches. While some of the pages rely too easily on down-home charm or sentimentality, at their best the poems bring fresh life to the mundane: "When the wind blows / Through the junkyard / You can hear the hubcaps / C l a n g ."
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2000