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64 pp.
| Scholastic/Levine |
March, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-439-36409-4$$17.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Mary GrandPre.
Twenty poems run the gamut in subject, length, and style. The three brief stanzas of "My Hat!" honor a hard-working chapeau, while "Mrs. Bhattacharya's Chapati Zap Machine" amusingly malfunctions during a royal dinner, and "Elegant Elephant Delicatessen" features a foldout of the pachyderms pigging out. Throughout, richly colored pastel illustrations capture the whimsy of the verse.