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32 pp.
| Atheneum |
June, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-689-82103-4$$16.00
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Barry Root.
Spend a pleasantly frantic day with Calvin Curbhopper, bicycle messenger extraordinaire. The text comprises spare, jazzy rhymes ("Sun, wind, rain, snow, / Messenger, messenger, gotta go"), and the shadowy, detailed paintings reveal what the spare text doesn't: the city's splendor, busy street life, and Calvin himself (he reads and listens to music when he's off the clock).