PICTURE BOOKS
Campbell, K .G.

Lester's Dreadful Sweaters

(4) K-3 Lester's displaced elderly cousin Clara (her "cottage was consumed by a crocodile") moves in and begins knitting ugly sweaters. As soon as Lester gets rid of one, Clara replaces it. Unnecessary plot points, irritating asides, and too many adjectives threaten to unravel this farcical tale, but the clever conclusion ties things up nicely. The pencil-crayon drawings are rendered in an appropriately dingy palette.

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