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Johnston, Tony

Gopher up Your Sleeve

32 pp. | Rising | March, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-87358-794-4 $$15.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Trip Park. From quetzals to bandicoots to the common goat, this collection of poems celebrates animals and wordplay. About half are clever ("It takes practice / to / side- / step / cactus") but half fall flat ("Vinegarrette, Vinegarroon, / we'll minuet over a dune. / (In my long hair, I'll wear a spoon)"). Hyper-realistically detailed digitally generated caricatures of animals add visual punch lines to the poems.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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