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40 pp.
| Dial |
March, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8037-3145-5$15.99
(4)
K-3
When his little red fish disappears into a library book, JeJe literally falls into the pages with it and soon finds himself clinging to a flamingo's leg. Although the books-can-transport-readers-to-other-worlds allegory isn't particularly fresh, Yoo's shadowy sepia-toned etchings conjure up a dreamy, magical setting, and her deft blurring of fantasy and reality calls to mind Van Allsburg and Wiesner.