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Proimos, James

Mutton Soup: More Adventures of Johnny Mutton

48 pp. | Harcourt | April, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-15-216772-2 $$16.00

(2) K-3 Using comic-strip panels, Day-Glo colors, and a hand-lettered text, Proimos shepherds his wise-guy protagonist--a sheep in boy's clothing--through five brief, laugh-out-loud vignettes in which Johnny finds that he has something in common with archenemy Mandy Dinkus, learns about table manners from Ms. Bottoms, and discovers the old couple across the street aren't really so scary--they even like to skateboard.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2004