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40 pp.
| Simon/Beach Lane |
October, 2014 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4424-8240-1$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4424-8241-8
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Sixteen labeled shapes (circles, arcs, rectangles, etc.) wait on the left-hand page while a mouse directs them to join him, one by one, on the right. As the shapes bounce, roll, and slither to the right, they form an animal, eventually recognizable as a monkey. Fleming's cut-paper collage and highly saturated colors steal the show from the rhyming text.