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Illustrated by
G. Brian Karas.
A little girl spends the length of this book telling us what makes her unique ("Nobody's cowlick stands up like mine / Nobody's freckles are this divine," etc.). That the upbeat rhymes don't grow tiresome should be credited to Appelt's resourcefulness and to Karas's jubilant images of a redhead with cyclone pigtails striking Broadway-musical poses as she sings her own praises.