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Rix, Jamie

Looking After Murphy

32 pp. | Barron's | June, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-7641-5466-4 $$13.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by John Bendall-Brunello. Granny Lally tends to prevaricate, such as when the grandkids have to watch her program on TV, claiming "Celebrity Knitting" is per doctor's orders. But when she loses Sally and Jim's pet hamster, Murphy, her far-fetched explanations don't fly. The playful images are inspired (when Granny Lally is in the bathtub, we see her face reflected in the faucets), and there's no sermonizing about honesty: the guilty look on Granny Lally's face says plenty.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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