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24 pp.
| HarperFestival |
June, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-694-01239-4$$9.95
(4)
PSHarper Growing Tree series.
Illustrated by
Shari Halpern.
"Did you ever have a horse snort near your ear? / How did it feel? / Moisty, musty. Warm and gusty." Ten double-page spreads each feature a question about an animal encounter and a rhyming answer using tactile language. The textured cut-paper illustrations are a good match for the text. The repetition of "How did it feel?" becomes tedious, but the imaginative text will encourage listeners to come up with their own questions and answers.