Putnam and Pennyroyal.(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)

The Horn Book Magazine | January 1, 2000| | Copyright

Patrick Jennings Putnam and Pennyroyal; illus, by Jon J Muth 165 pp. Scholastic 11/99 ISBN 0-439-07965-9 15.95 (Intermediate)

From the beginning of his narrative, it's evident that Cora Lee's Uncle Frank is possessed by a contrary streak. Cora always spends New Year's with Frank, fishing in one of Arizona's rare ponds, because he won't visit her family in Indiana. And when Cora asks for a fish story, Frank instead offers one about a grebe ("It's a bird ... but it's more like a fish"). This adventure--in which the pied-billed grebe Putnam dives too deep and is ...

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