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Bromley, Nick

Open Very Carefully: A Book with Bite!

32 pp. | Candlewick/Nosy Crow | February, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-6163-2 $15.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Nicola O'Byrne. "Once upon a time, there was a mother duck..." A bird narrator is interrupted by a crocodile, whose every move the bird describes: "It looks as if he's had enough of this book"; "He's eating the letters!" etc. The droll illustrations are the lifeblood of the story's meta-ness, especially when the bird instructs readers to draw on the crocodile.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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