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lmhwjs
lmhwjs rated it 12 years ago
I have read this book, many many times, I have lost count. (Well not this 50th Anniversary edition, I've only read this edition once, my poor paperback version on the other hand has seen better days.) For the life of me I cannot remember how this book came to me. I really wish that I could. Did we r...
sitiwajihah
sitiwajihah rated it 12 years ago
Love this book. Simple but so cute and funny.
Nutti's muses
Nutti's muses rated it 12 years ago
Great book to read aloud to older kids!
Libromancer's Apprentice
Libromancer's Apprentice rated it 12 years ago
All I can say is much love for this book, I love the wordplay, and it is still a favorite.
Reading Slothfully
Reading Slothfully rated it 12 years ago
This is billed as a kids book. I dunno, it was one long play on words, and rather a moralistic play on words. All good for me, but I'm not sure I would have gotten much from it back in the dark ages when I was a kid. Perhaps the word play would work for an intelligent middle schooler. Whatever, it w...
Kiwiria
Kiwiria rated it 12 years ago
A 2.5 star review.A mix between several books like "The Little Prince", "The Wizard of Oz" and "Alice in Wonderland". I can't quite figure out what I think of it. Parts were rather slow-moving and "weird just for the sake of being weird" (much my problem with Terry Pratchett as well. I love good-wei...
ereksonj
ereksonj rated it 12 years ago
I don't really like the cover of this book, and am not too interested in Raschka's style. It seems really clownish and garish (not always, but in this book for sure). But he also controls it very well, and I find his compositions and human expressive use of human figures to be in a tight complementa...
The Book Magpie's Nest
The Book Magpie's Nest rated it 12 years ago
I read this like a million years ago and asked my mum if she could get it for me for my very own - and it was out of print. Years later, it occurred to me to check up on it - and now I have it :D will reread it at very soon.
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I read this like a million years ago and asked my mum if she could get it for me for my very own - and it was out of print. Years later, it occurred to me to check up on it - and now I have it :D will reread it at very soon.
Dancing Words
Dancing Words rated it 13 years ago
Children's book at its best. I absolutely loved it that after I finished it, I read it again!
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