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Reviewed on October 1, 1992
K-Gr 3 One day " . . . when the zookeeper wasn't looking, Marvin . . . slipped out." The adventuresome ape proceeds to sample the delights of the city, going to the art museum, the movies, and a ball game. In the thickly painted caricatures of New York, Marvin, riding the subway or ordering the jungle fruit platter in a restaurant, is both amusing and surprisingly at home. The humor turns on the fact that big city dwellers rarely look at...Log In or Sign Up to Read More