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Publishers Weekly
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Hakkinen's debut emphasizes bouncy language at the expense of a discernible plot. While Carter's (Never Babysit the Hippopotamuses!) ebullient watercolor and gouache illustrations suggest a vague story about a family's summertime activities at a vacation cottage, the text is limited to a series of rollicking, rhythmic descriptions: "Nice to see you summer legs/ Sunshine splashy summer legs/ Busy breezy over easy/ Splendid summer legs." Despite the lack of development, the verse and the art combine energetically. For example, as Hakkinen rhapsodizes about "Tingy tangy summer legs/ Sloppy sticky mustard drippy/ Family picnic legs," Carter shows the view beneath a picnic table, with a trio of children surreptitiously handing bits of their lunches to a satisfied dog. Ages 4-7. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Ages 6-8. All the rough-and-tumble fun of summer is celebrated here in a tribute to legs: "Nice to see you summer legs / Sunshine splashy summer legs / Busy breezy over easy / Splendid summer legs." Boisterous, tongue-twisting rhymes describe legs that skip rope, swim, climb trees, run bases, and get covered with sand, soil, and mosquito bites. In sunny watercolors and humorous detail, Carter's exuberant illustrations show kids doing all of the above. Compositions are striking and energetic, with much of the action framed from a waist-down perspective. A picnic scene is shown entirely from under the table, with sprawling legs dotted by mustard and ketchup. A rope-skipping girl is drawn so that her legs seem to come directly at the viewer. Young readers and listeners will find the merriment contagious. --Leone McDermott
Horn Book
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Fiction: the cheerful watercolors capture the flavor of active Age: busy summer days."" Warm weather heralds the arrival of Horn Rating: Recommended, satisfactory in style, content, and/or illustration. Reviewed by: splendid summer legs."""" The rollicking rhyme pays tribute to all the wonderful things that summer legs do (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
