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All for a Dime
All for a Dime
Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School Department, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: January 11, 2016
Review
Bear, Mole, and Skunk are all friends, portrayed in large, colorful images in this exuberant story. To get ready for market, Bear picks blueberries, Mole digs worms, and Skunk bottles her own potent perfume. At the market, Bear's blueberries sell very well, but Mole and Skunk have no customers. They decide to switch positions and become their own best customers, passing a dime between them as they buy each other's product and disrupt all of the people at the market with Skunk's perfume. In the end, Bear has enough money to treat them all to ice cream topped with the last of his fresh blueberries. The characters are adorable, facial expressions fun and funny, and the story is comical. Children will enjoy it.
Overall Book Score: very good
About the Book
Author:
Hillenbrand, Will
Illustrator: Hillenbrand, Will
Illustration Quality: very good
Publisher: Holiday House
Book Type: picture book fiction
Genre: adventure,fantasy
Audience: preschool,grades k-3
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9780823429462
Price: 16.95