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Angus and Jack must move with their mother to a smaller house. When they complain, Mother turns to a wise woman for advice. The woman recommends inviting the dogs inside to play, asking the relatives to stay, and hosting a sleepover. Bedlam breaks out. Quite distraught, Mother revisits the woman, who says, "Send everyone home now." In this retelling of a Yiddish folk tale, Ann Blades riffs in rhyme on the theme "everything's relative." Building situation upon situation, the story, illustrated in whimsical watercolors, reaches a wild crescendo and peaceful resolution.
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Kindergarten-Grade 2-A modernization of the Yiddish folktale of a too-small house. When a mother and two elementary-aged sons move from a two-story home with a pool to a tiny cottage on a quiet street, the boys complain in rhymed refrain about the lack of "tumble and wrestle" room. An elderly neighbor advises their mother to invite inside first a dog, then friends, then relatives, until the home is bedlam. When the visitors finally clear out, the space becomes exactly what the family needs. Flat, primitive-style illustrations with copious detail flesh out characters through their activities and possessions. The story's roots are not attributed, but the modern setting may serve for a comparative read with Julia Donaldson's A Squash and a Squeeze (McElderry, 1993; o.p.).
Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherPenguin Books Ltd
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 024111649X
- ISBN 13 9780241116494
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages48
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