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32 pp.
| Groundwood |
April, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-1-55498-148-9$17.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Gary Clement.
Frustrated by their uncle and aunts' unvarying exclamations, "Oy," "Feh," and "So?" three siblings try to get them to say something else. Their efforts (e.g., they pretend that they're being robbed) fail ("'Oy,' said Aunt Essy. 'Crime these days'"), at least initially. This fresh, droll, and affectionate tale is marred only by some poorly placed text on Clement's funny-as-heck illustrations.