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Marino, Gianna

Splotch

40 pp. | Viking | May, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-451-46957-1 $17.99
(3) K-3 A boy returns from school to find his pet fish missing from its bowl. To avoid telling him that it died, Mom sneaks a look-alike into the bowl. The boy isn't falling for it: "MOM! Splotch has been CHANGED BY ALIENS!!" The game of who's-outsmarting-whom plays out with minimal text; the well-observed gouache and pencil illustrations carry the unpredictable tale.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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