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Where Have You Been?
By Brown, Margaret Wise
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06028-378-0 978-0-06028-379-7
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2004
PreS-Gr 1 Children fond of call-and-response will enjoy this humorous nursery rhyme. A scholarly looking owl in pearls peers from behind her green-rimmed glasses to ask her animal acquaintances what they've been up to and records their responses in a big book. Brown's slight verses are brought to life by the humor and verve of the Dillons' richly shaded watercolor paintings...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2004
Brown's original nursery rhyme was first published in 1952 in a small, child-sized format with tender Barbara Cooney illustrations in black and white with splashes of red. This newly illustrated version is by contrast bigger and glossier, with two full-color paintings for each stanza, complex pictures that tell an underlying story. Each stanza asks a question, beginning with this one: "Little Old Cat / Little Old Cat / Where have you been? / To see this and that / Said the Little Old Cat / That's where I've been." Clearly the roots of Brown's nursery rhyme lie in Mother Goose's "Pussycat, pussycat, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
