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Lepp, Bil

The King of Little Things

32 pp. | Peachtree | September, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-56145-708-3 $16.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by David T. Wenzel. King Normous wants to be "king of all the world" and imprisons the titular king. But the little things of the land rebel ("Bolts bolted. / Brakes jolted. / Cookies crumbled. / Blocks tumbled") and villagers storm Normous's castle in protest. The book succeeds beautifully as both a richly illustrated fairy tale and social commentary about the perils of greed.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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