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Harris, Trudy

The Clock Struck One: A Time-Telling Tale

32 pp. | Millbrook | September, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8225-9067-5 $16.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Carrie Hartman. Taking off from the "Hickory Dickory Dock" nursery rhyme, this book chronicles, hour by hour, an exhausting (and ever-expanding) cat-and-mouse chase. Colorful, action-filled spreads display the passing time on a cleverly incorporated analog or digital clock. Rhythmic stanzas move the story along at a good pace, making for a rollicking read-aloud introduction to time telling. An appendix discusses time in more detail.

Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi