JAKE

by Tamara Kitt ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 28, 1969

The old story of the son who (mis)treated each load the way he'd been told the day before (cake clenched in his fist, butter exposed on his head) is here set to repetitive rhymes and reenacted by animals who are a cross between a badger and a raccoon. The singsong rhymes are easy to read; they're also pretty hammy. (""How's your ma?"" ""Ma's OK.""/ ""How's your pa?"" ""Pa's OK.""/ ""How is the baby?"" ""The baby's OK.""/ ""See what I have for your ma today."") You'll find it acceptably clownish or intolerably cloddish according to your own taste; children won't discriminate and will enjoy the drawings, the anomalous animals notwithstanding.

Pub Date: March 28, 1969

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Abelard-Schuman

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1969

Categories: CHILDREN'S