PRESCHOOL
Dewdney, Anna

Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too

(3) PS Nelly Gnu and her father use two large cardboard boxes to build a fine playhouse, complete with colorful painted flowers. The cheery rhyming couplets are full of Nelly's admiration for Daddy Gnu: "A great big box, some tape, and string-- / Daddy can make anything!" Depicting father and daughter from many different angles, the bright, expressive illustrations put their warm relationship front-and-center.

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