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TheSmedleyTornadoeshaveabigfootballgamecomingup,soMissNelsoncallsindreadedsubstituteteacherViolaSwamptowhiptheteamintoshape.Ages4-8.
Copyright1988ReedBusinessInformation,Inc.
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*StarredReview*Playfullycontradictingthetitle,Henke''slatestpicturebookbeginswiththewords"Itwasabadday."Eachofthenextfourspreadsexplainswhy:"Littleyellowbirdlosthisfavoritetailfeather.Littlewhitedoggotherleashalltangledupinthefence.Littleorangefoxcouldn''tfindhismother.Andlittlebrownsquirreldroppedhernut."Thenthetoneshifts,andthere''sahappyreversalforeachofthefouranimals,leadingtothebook''sending--whenalittlegirlpicksupthebird''sfeather,tucksitbehindherear,andcallstohermother,"Whatagoodday!"Fromthereversalsandtheperfectlychosenwordstothespiritofhopethatbubblestothesurface,thisstoryworkswellineveryway.Asprecise,unaffected,andeasyforayoungchildtounderstandasthetext,theillustrationsfeatureformscleanlydefinedwiththickblacklinesandbrightenedwithwatercolors.Thefinalpicturebringseverystoryelementbackhomeinavisuallyandemotionallysatisfyingresolution.Asimplepicturebook,expertlytunedtotheemotionsandimaginationsofchildren.CarolynPhelan
Copyright?AmericanLibraryAssociation.Allrightsreserved
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JenniferRichardJacobsonhaswrittenmanybooksforyoungreaders,includingfourpreviousstoriesaboutAndyShane.ShelivesinYarmouth,Maine.
AbbyCarteristheillustratoroftheAndyShaneseriesandmanyotherbooksforchildren,includingMYHIPPIEGRANDMOTHERbyReeveLindberghandFULLHOUSE:ANINVITATIONTOFRACTIONSbyDayleAnnDodds.ShelivesinHadlyme,Connecticut.
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