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Title: The pictures are adorable, and my young nieces love this book
Review: The text falls flat with me. The author was trying a little too hard to hit her meter and rhyme scheme, and some of the verses go on too long. People say that she's imitating (in the good way) Dr. Seuss, but, like most imitators she doesn't seem to realize that the good doctor knew when to break his own rules! He varied his meter and rhyme scheme, and made his books more readable in the process.When I read this book to the nieces, I'm in the habit of skipping four lines at a time as I go along, they just grate on me that much and it just takes so long otherwise.Honestly, if they didn't love it as much as they do, I'd rate it a star lower. I love the artwork, I think it's darling and delightful and all sorts of other great d-words - but the text just isn't for me.But my nieces (aged 5 and 2.5) love it, and that's the important thing, isn't it?
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