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Murphy, Mary

The Alphabet Keeper

32 pp. | Knopf | March, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-375-82347-6 $$14.95 | Library ISBN 0-375-92347-0 $$16.99
(4) PS Twenty-six once-caged letters elude their matronly keeper by forming words. The surreal set-up may put off some and the wordplay will be too obscure for the non-reader and too easy for the more accomplished, but this could well hit the spot with newly independent readers, especially those with a perverse streak. The art, with its monochromatic colors and heavy black holding lines, suits the story's mood.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

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