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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2012 | Fiction
A downcast magpie with an empty nest ("nothing") cheers up when a friendly mouse offers it a marble ("something"). Now the consumerism runs riot and the magpie collects object after object—red Lego brick, coin, set of keys, broken necklace, pair of sunglasses—until it has "lots," "plenty," "much too much." When the tree branch breaks und...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
A friendly mouse helps a magpie out when it begins to collect way too many objects. The spare text makes each of its twenty-sev...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
