I knew we were in for a treat when I had to stop and examine the illustrations on the title page--they were that good. My thanks to Edie, our two year old granddaughter, for introducing me to this gem of a book by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrations by Betty Fraser. The poetic text is clever and moves right along; but the pictures are even better--colorful, imaginative, full of interesting detail. The New York Times said (in 1978), "A brisk, even headlong rhyme plunges us into a swirling cluster of images...an overwhelming profusion of examples of houses. It is an astonishing book, one of the best of the year."
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