![]() ![]() The sturdy Little Blue Truck is back for his third adventure, this time delivering Christmas trees to his band of animal pals. ![]() ![]() What they should be is more thought provoking. They are cute and they are thought provoking. Lastly, some imaginative ones, and these will set kids smiling and perhaps thinking up a whole lot of their own: A castle is to build in the sand", "A hat is to wear on the train", "Eyebrows are to go over your eyes", "Buttons are to keep people warm". A just plain silly one: "Little stones are for little children to gather up and put in little piles". One that calls for a mental leap: "A principal is to take out splinters". An ordinary definition, and there are a lot like this one: "A mountain is to go to the top". The funniest definition: "Hunh! Rugs are so dogs have napkins". Attractively laid out, each small page has on it one or two phrases- each accompanied by the miniscule drawings of Maurice Sendak reminiscent of the old British picture books. Though the definitions in this "First Book of Definitions" may bring a few squeals of delight from the young mind making its first associations between the things he knows and what they make him think about- they are not up to the level of warmth and humor of Ruth Krauss' other work. When a book of imaginative nature such as this comes along, we get all excited, expect it to be top flight. ![]()
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