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Myers, Walter Dean

Looking for the Easy Life

40 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | February, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-054375-4 $16.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Lee Harper. Though things were good on Monkey Island, Oswego Pete lures everyone toward finding "the Easy Life, where a monkey don't have to work hard for nothing." They set out, only to encounter tail-eating sharks and boring "Hip-Hop Hippos." While the story's allegory is strong, disjointed delivery and an odd ending mar the message. Illustrations of personality-rich primates enliven the tale.
Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

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