Never Eat Anything That Moves!: 2good, Bad, and Very Silly Advice from Kids

Robert Bender. Dial Books, $12 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-8037-2640-6

Another compilation touts such advice as ""Never eat a magnet when you have braces,"" ""Tell people that you love them"" and ""Get Messy."" With the participation of schools and students across the country, Robert Bender (Lima Beans Would Be Illegal) collected more than 1000 kid tips for Never Eat Anything That Moves: Good, Bad, and Very Silly Advice from Kids. Humorous pictures in an unusual media (cell-vinyl paint on acetate) illustrate the scenarios. (May)

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