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32 pp.
| Penguin/Paulsen |
March, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-17384-4$17.99
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In this light tale set in the unspecified "African veld," Lala is supposed to go to bed but is having none of it. "I just want to say good night to the goat..." and so on. That's the extent of this book's preschooler-perfect conflict, and the text could not be simpler, giving to Isadora's oil-paint and ink illustrations all the drama of sunset on the African plains.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2017