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Kirkus Reviews,,January 15, 2016

A silly, fun version of the game 'telephone'--in which a grocery list committed to memory goes playfully awry. One day, Vincent's mother asks him to go to the store to pick up a few items: 'a bunch of carrots, a box of rice, some China tea, a big, firm pear, and a tin of peas' to be precise. 'And hurry home in time for tea!' she says. Sounds easy enough. Yet distractions are at every turn, causing havoc with Vincent's memory. All of a sudden, a tin of peas is replaced by a trapeze; a big, firm pear becomes a big furry bear; and a box of rice transforms into a box of mice! Needless to say, Vincent's mother is in for quite a surprise. Told with a playful rhythm for reading aloud and illustrated with exuberance and great child appeal, this humorous picture book will have kids laughing and asking for repeated readings.

3-6,Brodart.

P-1,Brodart.

AD440L,Lexile

Decoding demand: 26 (low),Semantic demand: 51 (medium),Syntactic demand: 89 (very high),Structure demand: 50 (medium),Lexile

Accelerated Reader AR,LG,2.8,0.5,182666.