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Goodhart, Pippa

Arthur's Tractor: A Fairy Tale with Mechanical Parts

32 pp. | Bloomsbury | March, 2003 | Trade ISBN 1-58234-847-2 $$15.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Colin Paine. Out plowing on his tractor, Arthur keeps stopping to fix troubling sounds in the engine, never noticing that the sounds are really from a princess, a dragon, and a knight playing out their usual drama behind him. His mechanical-mindedness wins him the princess in the end. The conceit is too thin to sustain the book, but the cheerful art, filled with humorous visuals and a light touch, helps it along.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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