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40 pp.
| Holt/Godwin |
May, 2019 |
TradeISBN 978-1-250-15176-6$17.99
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
T. L. McBeth.
The designation of bunny Ogilvy's knee-length, turtleneck garment ("Is it a sweater or is it a dress?") apparently matters greatly, "for bunnies in dresses play ball and knit socks / and bunnies in sweaters make art and climb rocks." The arbitrary imaginary categories encourage readers to consider whether real-world ones make much sense. The modern fable's tone reflects silliness throughout, with jaunty (gender pronoun–free) rhyming text and spare, cartoony mixed-media illustrations with bold lines.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2019