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Schertle, Alice

Button Up!: Wrinkled Rhymes

40 pp. | Harcourt | April, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-15-205050-4 $16.00

(1) K-3 Illustrated by Petra Mathers. Fifteen adroitly phrased rhymes, voiced by pieces of clothing, reflect children's amiable relationships with these intimate possessions. Schertle's contagiously rhythmic, playful verse is perfectly reflected in the art (full-page alternating with lively vignettes). From delicately comical to downright funny, Mathers brings her signature style to endearing watercolors of the various animals who stand in for children.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2009