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24 pp.
| North-South |
April, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-7358-1103-2$$15.95
|
LibraryISBN 0-7358-1104-0$$15.88
(4)
K-3
Translated by J. Alison James.
In a new take on the old folktale device of "don't eat me and I'll help you," a mouse aids a snake in escaping from a zoo in exchange for not becoming her lunch. Siegenthaler's insouciant mouse and electric green polka-dotted snake are depicted with panache in humorous watercolors, but his overlong and predictable story lacks the same verve.