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34 pp.
| Atheneum |
October, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-689-81033-4$$16.00
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Wendy Anderson Halperin.
In return for a good deed, an old man receives a magic bowl that reproduces whatever he puts into it. Disaster threatens when he forgets the instructions for storing the bowl, but he finds an amusing, satisfying solution for his predicament. The distinctive colored pencil illustrations, with their intricate and varied compositions, lend character to the old man and his surroundings.