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Snicket, Lemony

The Lump of Coal

40 pp. | HarperCollins | October, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-157428-3 $12.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-157425-2 $14.89
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Brett Helquist. A nattily dressed lump of coal attempts to express himself creatively through drawing. He's stymied until crossing paths with a drugstore Santa. Snicket's humor, including tenuous logic and snappy wordplay, is on full display. Helquist's full-color illustrations manage to make the protagonist look like an actual lump of coal, albeit one that dreams of creative fulfillment.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2008

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