How Mr. Monkey Saw the Whole World

Walter Dean Myers. Yearling Books, $5.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-440-41415-5

In this ""pithy and piquant fable,"" Mr. Monkey outwits a trickster buzzard who has been bullying other animals out of food. ""Using repetition to humorous effect, Myers's tale dispenses its moral unequivocally,"" said PW. Ages 4-7. (Oct.)

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