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Naomi Kojima's Singing Shijimi Clams (193360512X, $15.95) tells of an older, not-so-wicked witch, a grouchy grouch·y  
adj. grouch·i·er, grouch·i·est
Tending to complain or grumble; peevish or grumpy.



grouchi·ly adv.
 cat, and a bucket of singing clams: hardly the ordinary start for a picturebook and stirs all into a story of miso soup Miso soup (味噌汁 miso shiru  without clams. Black and white, simple drawings accent a fun tale. Zai Whitaker's Kali And The Rat Snake rat snake: see black snake.
rat snake

Any of 40–55 snake species in the genus Elaphe (family Colubridae) and similar forms, found in woodlands and barnyards in North America, Europe, and Asia.
 (1933605103, $15.95) receives lovely drawings by Srividya Natarajan as it tells of Kali's father, a snake catcher renowned in his village. But Kali's schoolmates think this a strange talent: until personal need strikes, they don't appreciate his profession in this moving story of a different kind of career.
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Title Annotation:Singing Shijimi Clams; Kali and the Rat Snake
Publication:Children's Bookwatch
Article Type:Book review
Date:Sep 1, 2006
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