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K-3
"Wild Man Jack / hated one dish the most-- / Creamed tuna fish and peas on toast!" Every day, one of Jack's five children asks him what he'll do if Mama Jane makes the dish for him--until Friday when the offending dinner presents itself. The layered painting, ink-drawing, and collage illustrations add interest to the confusing rhymed text.