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40 pp.
| Simon |
February, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-689-81689-8$$15.00
(3)
1-3Ready-to-Read series.
Illustrated by
Sylvie Wickstrom.
Sadie and Samuel are a well-matched country couple: each approves of the other's wacky ideas. Sadie washes Samuel's overalls with him still inside, Samuel paints the fence all different colors, and Sadie cuts up Samuel's Sunday clothes for a quilt he can use not just on Sunday but every day. The cartoonish figures and broadly textured brush strokes of the illustrations match the amiable tone of these six brief chapters.