Karen U. (editorgrrl) reviewed on 6/3/2005 + 255 more book reviews

Hoberman's 1998 picture-book version of a bouncy clapping rhyme has been nicely translated into a smaller, board-book format. Most of the original delightful adaptation is here, in a font that's large enough for precocious children to follow. Westcott's magic-marker-bright illustrations bloom from the pages, with the spunky Mary Mack and her rambunctious elephant pal just the right size to avoid cluttered layouts. The hand-clapping exercises that appeared on the picture book's endpapers are missing here, but this is still a lively version of a perennial favorite.

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