NO MULES

by William Papas ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 28, 1968

NO MULES replaces NO BLACKS on the front of the general store in Pink River, circumstantially (kraal) South Africa, when Faan, refused a chance to buy a flute, sends his white mule Golo into the store instead. Golo wreaks havoc, Faan gets the flute and the shopkeeper changes the sign--but this sophisticated spoof of segregation introduces the problem too abruptly and disposes of it too accidentally to be either realistic or revealing. The opening episodes--Faan and Golo helping his father and the other woodsmen--are amusing for their laconic laughter at the boss who's in a hurry (""Sogetamoveon"") but text and illustrations, sharing a raffish vitality with Mr. Papas' Greek Tasso, assume excessive worldliness of the audience for a brief picture book.

Pub Date: March 28, 1968

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Coward-McCann

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1968

Categories: CHILDREN'S