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The Mysteries of Zigomar
Poems and Stories
By Ahlberg, Allan & Lawrence, John
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-76360-352-6
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1997
Gr 2-5 This is a definitely British, self-indulgent conflation of poetry, short stories, and various dialogues. Ahlberg gives Dickens and Dahl two nods apiece as literary lights, once in a short story about a paper boy and another in a patronizing poem on passive learning that contains the lines "No more learnin', no more books....No more teachers' grumpy looks." Twenty literary forays include a mix of Pinocchio with Frankenstein...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
