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32 pp.
| Tundra |
May, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-1-77049-833-4$16.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-77049-834-1
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K-3
When Mom's favorite teapot breaks, there are several suspects in the family's nearby kitchen: "Sister nibbling pastry roll. / Bowser licking out a bowl," and so on. While the author-artist's exuberance is catching and the culprit reveal is humorous, some of the acrylics are so overstuffed with different-sized words and frazzled images that it's not always easy to follow along.