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32 pp.
| Simon/Beach Lane |
December, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4169-9005-5$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4391-5724-4
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Illustrated by
Mike Austin.
"Is it fun on the beach, Nellie Belle, Nellie Belle? / Is it fun on the beach, / Nellie Belle?" For this happy-go-lucky dog, the fun stops upon "seeing possums in the dark, / in the park in the park." It's a funny wrinkle in the merriment, enhanced by knockout cut-paper-like digital illustrations, but the book's repetition gets tedious, gets tedious.