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Simon & Schuster/Atheneum

1230 Avenue of Americas A·mer·i·cas   , the

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, NY, NY 10020

www.simonsayskids.com

Jenny's favorite uncle is getting married and everyone's happy--except Jenny--in Lenore Look's Uncle Peter's Amazing a·maze  
v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es

v.tr.
1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise.

2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex.

v.intr.
 Chiense Wedding (0689944591, $16.95). Yumi Heo's warm and funny drawings enhance the story of a little girl who is used to being her uncle's favorite, but who must step aside--unless she can keep him from getting married at all? Nancy Tafuri's Five Little Chicks (0689873425, $14.95) provides a very easy counting book which brings the farmyard chicks to life. Large print, big drawings, and whimsical whim·si·cal  
adj.
1. Determined by, arising from, or marked by whim or caprice. See Synonyms at arbitrary.

2. Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability: a whimsical personality.
 cartoon cartoon [Ital., cartone=paper], either of two types of drawings: in the fine arts, a preliminary sketch for a more complete work; in journalism, a humorous or satirical drawing.  illustration makes FIVE Little Chicks a fun, easy read recommendation.
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