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McElmurry, Jill

Mess Pets

40 pp. | North-South/SeaStar | September, 2002 | Trade ISBN 1-58717-174-0 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 1-58717-175-9 $$16.50
(4) K-3 Two sisters--one messy, one neat--argue over their "mess pets," which have sprung magically from the messy sister's clutter. When the pets run away to a land called Mess World, the sisters join forces to find them and then return home to clean their room. The illustrations feature plenty of amusing messy details, but the logic of this occasionally rhyming story doesn't hold up very well.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert

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