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Alemagna, Beatrice

On a Magical Do-Nothing Day

48 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | September, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-265760-2 $17.99
(4) K-3 Translated by Jill Davis. On a rainy day in the country, the unnamed and ungendered narrator wants only to play a handheld electronic game. Forced outside, the child encounters talking snails then discovers the wonders of nature. The didactic story is further weakened by its unnecessary fantasy element, but beautiful mixed-media illustrations evoke the mood and strikingly contrast a bright orange rain slicker with the damp, dull woods.
Reviewer: Grace Worcester Greene

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