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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2004
PreS-Gr 2 A little girl wants desperately to go and see the parade outside her window. A "great big round bass drum./Ba-rum-/pum-/pum" and a horse and a monkey and an elephant are all marching down the street. However, "Baby/brother/Joe/needs/a/nap, /nap, /nap," so the answer is "no." Disappointed, but not without an inspiration, she grabs scissors and paper and-"snip-snipity-snip/clip-clipity-clip"-creates her own paper parade. Be...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2004
A little girl looks longingly out her apartment window. "What's that? Tickity-tat / Is it a clock? Tickity-tock." No, it's a passing parade, but "Baby brother Joe needs a nap, nap, nap" so the resentful big sister has to stay home. The pictures—striking paper constructions on clean flat backgrounds—tell most of the story, while the words provide rhythmic rhyming embel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More