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32 pp.
| Holiday |
October, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8234-3659-0$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Rebecca Ashdown.
A pair of socks who live in a child's drawer become separated but finally reunite as toys: "'A match made in heaven--now this is the life!' / said sock puppet Sosh to his sock puppet wife." The rhymes are by turns clever, corny, and punning ("Oh, darn it!" says one sock), and the confetti-colored art has a high-energy, low-fuss quality.