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32 pp.
| Lee
| September, 2000
|
TradeISBN 1-880000-99-7$$15.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Hector Viveros Lee.
Kids on the playground try to top one another by describing animals with increasing appendages: "A snake with three tongues--I got a bird with four wings! Can you top that?" A kid with a real (toy) elephant calls all their bluffs by demanding to see the fanciful creatures. The imaginative element is straitjacketed into dullness by the counting-book framework, but the colorful gouache illustrations in a faux woodcut style are eye-catching.
32 pp.
| Lee
| January, 1998
|
TradeISBN 1-880000-66-0
(4)
K-3
Jessinia, her mother, and her brother take a bus from their urban community center to an affluent suburban school for Jessinia's first swim meet. Jessinia calls upon her mother's stories of Puerto Rico for inspiration and wins her last race. Somewhat static watercolors illustrate this story about competition, team spirit, and self-confidence.