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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2001
Gr 1-4 As in Lee's The Ice Cream Store (Scholastic, 1992), these 32 poems offer lots of rhythm and rhyme, but many of them chart deeper emotional waters. "The Question" is one of several on friendship. "-Or if I knew the way to heaven/The names of night, the taste of seven/-Would you come and be my friend?/-The names of night cannot be known, /The way to heaven cannot be shown./-But still I want you for my friend." This is balanced wit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2001
In this collection of lyrical, childlike verse, we learn that "bubblegum delicious" will "wrap you up in gum, / Wrap you up in wonderful / 'Cause you're the special one." The pale, marshmallow-chick-yellow jacket that wraps the book belies the energy and spirit within. Beginning with "Good Morning," Lee announces "it's one-ery, two-ery, hickory, dock: / Dogs can d...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
