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Title: The Review Was Rollicking
Review: A friend gave me this book when it was published in 1987. It is by far my favorite Chris Van Allsburg children's book. Also suitable for adults. The art is conceptually intriguing -- exactly WHAT is happening in each picture? That's for the reader to guess, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. The answers are all alliterative and literate, with a wonderful rhythm and sense of fun. The drawing for "P" shows a capital P with a bird perched on top, and the bird seems to have eaten away part of the letter. The answer, which always comes on the following page, is "The P was repeatedly Pecked." I guessed "The P was Pecked," but I didn't guess "The P was repeatedly Pecked," which is soooooo much better. An alphabet book to be read and enjoyed, many times over.
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