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32 pp.
| Simon |
August, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-689-80246-1$15.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Barry Moser.
In Palatini's humorous take on Aesop's "The Fox and the Grapes," Fox enlists Bear, Beaver, Porcupine, and Possum to help grab some out-of-reach fruit. Concocting an elaborate scheme, Fox ignores the other animals' simpler, sounder solutions ("'I can give the tree a shake,' said Bear"). Moser's considered watercolors show realistic-looking creatures displaying human responses, from calculating to exasperated.