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Madonna, , Madonna,

Mr. Peabody's Apples

32 pp. | Callaway | November, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-670-05883-1 $$19.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Loren Long & Loren Long. Madonna credits an unnamed "nearly three hundred year old story" as the inspiration for her second picture book, about a boy who learns about the destructive power of gossip when a friend starts a rumor that the respected Little League coach is a thief. The story is preachy but somewhat redeemed by its fablelike structure, and while it has cutesy touches it doesn't go on for too long. The Thomas Hart Benton-style paintings give an appropriately folksy tone for the small-town setting.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton

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