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PreS-Gr 2 The theme of a child's separation from his mother, cast humorously in Lindgren's Benny's Had Enough! (R & S Bks., 1999), is replayed here in a minor key, colored by sorrow and fantasy. Inspired by the writings of the Russian poet Korney Chukovsky, the dreamlike narrative floats along, seemingly untethered to objective reality. Small Andrei and his even smaller friend Vova search the streets of St. Petersburg for Andrei's mother. The child's memories of her extend back before he was born, when...Log In or Sign Up to Read More