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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2015 | Preschool to Grade 4
K-Gr 2—When two people who are opposites in every way become neighbors, everything changes—and for the better. Mr. Happy is cheerful. He wears a funny hat with a four-leaf clover sticking up. He adds polka dots to his roof and flies kites in the rain. Miss Grimm is surrounded by darkness and decay in h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2015
On double-page spreads we see two contrasting lives. On one side is a newcomer to the neighborhood -- florid, portly, and bumptious, his companion a plump, smiling pig. His next-door neighbor, across the gutter, is pale, gaunt, and suspicious. Her companion is a goat. Mr. Happy is a keen gardener, and when some of his seeds f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
When some of Mr. Happy's seeds float over from his garden to next-door neighbor Miss Grimm's bleak yard, she is angry. But a pair of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
