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    What Pete Ate from A to Z by Maira Kalman

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    • Age Range: 4 to 8
    • Pub. Date: September 2003
    • 48pp
    • Sales Rank: 93,490
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      • Pub. Date: September 2003
      • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
      • Format: Paperback, 48pp
      • Sales Rank: 93,490
      • Age Range: 4 to 8

      Synopsis

      A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
      A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year
      A Recommended New Book for Missouri Students

      A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year

      Is there anything Pete won't eat? Poppy's charming yellow dog starts off by eating Rocky's accordion. All of it. He snacks on a bouncing ball that belongs to Uncle Bennie's dog Buster, and then makes a meal out of the rest of the alphabet. From glue sticks to underpants, Pete works his way through all twenty-six letters in Maira Kalman's creative take on traditional alphabet books. Packed with Kalman's trademark bright artwork and a hilarious story filled with wordplay and repetition, this alphabet book is pure fun from A to Z.

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      In this alphabet book, a child relates some of the unusual things eaten by Pete the dog, including an accordion, a lucky quarter, and cousin Rocky's underpants.

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      Kalman (Next Stop Grand Central) unleashes her extravagant whimsy in this loquacious alphabet book, "in which a certain dog devours a myriad of items which he should not." Shaggy yellow Pete, staring benignly from the book's flame-red cover, is an omnivore. According to his astonished owner, who speaks in a torrent of interjections and parenthetical asides, Pete first dined on an "accordion. All of it." Pete's torso takes on the instrument's shape as he springs in the air. He next "ate a bouncing ball that belonged to uncle Bennie's dog Buster. (Buster is no bargain. He barks all the time, but still...)." A wan fellow stands with a frowning white bulldog at his feet, gesturing at a picture of the vanished ball; empty chairs in a composition reminiscent of Matisse augment the sense of tongue-in-cheek tragedy. Pete proceeds through the letters of the alphabet, enjoying sticky stuff ("Gooey gluey dog"), "Mrs. Parsley's pink pocketbook" and a pair of "underpants. Uggh!" A loose story line emerges as Pete eats Bennie's money ("Now Bennie has no money [none] to buy Buster a new ball...") and the Parsleys make multiple appearances. Kalman paints affectionate portraits of the unstoppable Pete, the now-missing objects and their disappointed owners, and her hand-printed text acts as an element of the illustrations. Her overblown alliteration and fabulous gouaches gush with glamour. All ages. (Sept.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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      Biography

      Maira Kalman is known for vibrant illustrations that illuminate everything from her popular children's books to a slew of memorable New Yorker covers. Her latest masterpiece: an illustrated edition of the classic guidebook for writers, The Elements of Style.

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      October 17, 2003: I think children will like this book because it has underwear in it.