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This is the funniest book I have read since Me Talk Pretty Some Day. The title essay and Cursing Mommy's Cookbook are my favorites. I am getting copies for all three of my kids.
Mem Fox and Judy Horacek are a great combo--I defy anyone to keep from smiling at the rain sheep--a raffish ovine Gene Kelly swinging from a lamp post. A wonderful, witty read-aloud romp of a bedtime story.
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Ruth McKendry has commented on (4) products.
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis
Ruth McKendry, January 1, 2010
This is the first book I have picked up in the last decade that I am deeply interested in finishing.(2 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)
Lamentations of the Father: Essays by Ian Frazier
Ruth McKendry, August 31, 2009
This is the funniest book I have read since Me Talk Pretty Some Day. The title essay and Cursing Mommy's Cookbook are my favorites. I am getting copies for all three of my kids.Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Ruth McKendry, April 16, 2009
Mem Fox and Judy Horacek are a great combo--I defy anyone to keep from smiling at the rain sheep--a raffish ovine Gene Kelly swinging from a lamp post. A wonderful, witty read-aloud romp of a bedtime story.Louise: The Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo
Ruth McKendry, November 29, 2008
I fell in love with this book when I saw the illustration of the pirates boarding the ship, and it just got better from there. Don't miss it!(1 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)