WAKE UP HOUSE!: Rooms Full of Poems
Dee Lillegard, , illus. by Don Carter. . Random/Dragonfly, $6.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-440-41752-1
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Reviewed on: 09/10/2001
Genre: Children's
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- Sitting in My BoxDee LillegardReposing in a cardboard carton, a boy unwillingly hosts an ever-increasing horde of beastly visitors in this droll, zanily illustrated fantasy. Ages 3-7. Continue reading »
- The Poombam of BadoombahDee LillegardThis tale's lavish imagery, borrowed from ""The 1,001 Nights"" and ""Aladdin,"" may lure devotees of Eastern exoticism, but the plot, unfortunately, fizzles like a dud firecracker. Lillegard (The Continue reading »
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- Hello School!Dee LillegardYoung children will feel right at home with Hello School! A Classroom Full of Poems by Dee Lillegard, illus. by Don Carter, the team behind Wake Up, House! The 38 short entries bring ""Cubbies,"" Continue reading »
- My Yellow BallDee LillegardIn clear, crisp prose, Lillegard ( Sitting in My Box ) transforms a girl's solitary ball game into an unfettered flight of the imagination. Hurled high into the sky, the yellow ball journeys afar, Continue reading »
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