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McMillan, Bruce

How the Ladies Stopped the Wind

32 pp. | Houghton/Lorraine | September, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-77330-5 $16.00

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Gunnella. Taking a walk in windy Iceland can be challenging, so the village ladies--assisted by helpful chickens--plant trees to block the wind. The droll humor of Gunnella's oil paintings is a perfect match for McMillan's wry, economical text. Having successfully solved The Problem with Chickens in their first collaboration, the creators deliver another amusingly unconventional tale.

Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2008