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Kennedy, X. J.

Elympics

34 pp. | Philomel | September, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-399-23249-4 $$15.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Graham Percy. Nimble pachyderms compete for Olympic gold medals in this humorous collection. Kennedy has an unerring ear for meter, and his facility with wordplay is evident; for example, a runner sticks out her trunk to win "by a nose," and a gymnast is described as getting stamina from her "breakfast heaps of hay." Percy's bright watercolor and colored pencil illustrations complement the poetry.
Reviewer: Aishah Abdul-Musawwir

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