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K-3
Illustrated by
Christopher Myers.
"I looked in the mirror / and what did I see? / A real handsome dude / looking just like me." The poem-text has swagger and bounce as the narrator celebrates everything that makes him who he is. Collage illustrations present Matisse-like cutouts of human figures in hot, strong colors against almost abstractly cropped photos that suggest a world brimming with riches.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2009