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32 pp.
| Holt |
September, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-8050-6103-7$$17.00
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Illustrated by
Karla Firehammer.
In a stylized "tumbledown barn," eleven animals sleep, until the flea sneezes loudly. The mouse hands over a tissue, and everyone settles down again--but now the pig's caught the flea's cold. This slender plot permits repetition of the long refrain of animals shown in the engaging earth-toned acrylic cartoons, while the verse, though sometimes forced, reads aloud effectively.