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When Katie tosses a peach pit over her shoulder, it sets off a series of ridiculous events
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From Publishers Weekly
No, this rollicking yarn is not about a dangerous hole in the ground--it concerns the carelessly discarded remains of a peach. When Katie flings away a peach pit, she sets off a momentous chain of events, "for the pit hit a cat / who ran into the street / and made a car bump / into a fireplug." As fire engines approach and water gushes from the hydrant, "daredevil Danny" the skateboarder surfs through the town and out to sea. Protopopescu's story, a run-on sentence separated into unrhymed stanzas, leaves readers breathless. It is, in fact, difficult to read aloud. Chwast, for her part, balances wide black outlines with airy white backgrounds in her high-contrast compositions--flowing curves, jagged edges and bright watercolor details jazz up the deliberately clunky figures. Nicely executed designs aside, however, this book fails to engage the emotions. Ages 4-6.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0671769103
- ISBN 13 9780671769109
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages40
- IllustratorChwast Jacqueline
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Chwast, Jacqueline (illustrator). 1st Edition- 1ST PRT. 1ST PRT. When Katie tosses a peach pit over her shoulder, it sets off a series of ridiculous events. Delightful color illus, which won 1993 NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUS. AWARD. Seller Inventory # MAIN003159
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Chwast, Jacqueline (illustrator). First Printing Hardbound VG-/Good+., DJ Jacqueline Chwast, illus. 8vo oblong, Unpaginated, Light wear to book. DJ has general wear. DJ is not price clipped. ISBN:0-671-76910-3. Seller Inventory # 010986
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