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The Little Boy Who Lived Down the Drain

by Carolyn Huizinga MILLS
illus. by Brooke Kerrigan. 32p. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Oct. 2017. Tr $18.95. ISBN 9781554553952.
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PreS-Gr 2—Sally is a lonely middle child who misinterprets "Baa Baa Black Sheep" and starts speaking to the little boy who lives down the drain. She tells him all about her isolation from her parents and older siblings and how annoying the baby is, but she doesn't hear anything until she yells down the drain and it echoes back "try something different." She approaches her family differently and finds her place. The illustrations feature a presumably white family, in soft pastel and patterned collage illustrations, and the subject is one that will circulate.
VERDICT A silly and refreshing take on the middle child's experience.
Reviewed by Lisa Nowlain, Nevada County Community Library, CA , Feb 01, 2018

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