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Lester, Helen

Tacky Goes to Camp

32 pp. | Houghton | May, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-98812-9 $16.00

(1) K-3 Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. In his funniest adventure yet, Tacky is a happy camper, but of course not a typical one. As Munsinger's always-inviting cartoon art shows, Tacky decides that roughing it involves a television, bunny slippers, and pizza. Lester and Munsinger rely on the same bird-of-a-different-feather formula that informs all the Tacky books, but this one's tighter and less preachy than some of its predecessors.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2009