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40 pp.
| Simon |
September, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-689-83341-5$$17.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
C. F. Payne.
Central Park squirrel Micawber enjoys looking at famous paintings through the skylight of a nearby museum. One day, he follows a young artist home from the museum and, as she sleeps, uses her paint and his bushy tail to create some art of his own. Written in lofty, fluid rhyme and illustrated with unaccountably drab mixed-media images, the story squanders its fine premise by failing to engage the emotions.