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64 pp.
| Handprint |
October, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-1-59354-187-3$9.95
(4)
K-3
A boy imagines he's a soccer hotshot as he runs errands with his mom, washes the dishes, and plays a game with friends. The tongue-in-cheek illustrations tell another story, showing, for example, the "undefeatable" wannabe going up against an unmovable adult. At times the boy looks too old and the story goes on too long, but the text/art interplay is genuinely funny.