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32 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| May, 2010
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-145525-4$16.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-06-145526-1$17.89
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
David Small.
A girl fantasizes that her bedtime wind-down is princess-esque: "Will she hold a candelabra / while climbing up the stairs / and have a frothy glass of milk / with chocolate cream éclairs?" The princess fantasy (complete with commoner parents bemusedly looking on) is familiar, but the rhymes are nicely lilting, and Small indulges the girl's imagination with relish.
32 pp.
| Clarion
| March, 2002
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TradeISBN 0-618-11750-4$$15.00
(4)
K-3
In this version of the Gingerbread Man, a Matzah Man gives the residents and animals of the town a merry chase until he is tricked by a clever boy. The rhythmic language is humorous and moves the story forward, while mixed-media illustrations accentuate the tale's humor. A couple lines of text appear to be missing, breaking the pattern of the story, but practiced readers can easily fill them in.
32 pp.
| Clarion
| October, 1999
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TradeISBN 0-395-89903-6$$15.00
(3)
K-3
Sadie receives a frying pan from an old woman that cooks potato latkes continuously until stopped by Hanukkah's magic words: "A great miracle happened here." The girl's brothers get hold of the pan, chaos ensues, and the village is practically buried in latkes before Sadie puts a stop to the shenanigans. Cheerful illustrations complement the warmly told story, an original variant of a familiar folkloric motif.