From: Andrea Johnson <ajohnson>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 13:22:47 -0600

Oh, yes. I really enjoyed this book. Another one I liked a lot (but had forgotten to mention in my list of favorites) was Daniel Pinkwater's "Rainy Morning." Mr. and Mrs. Submarine are having breakfast on a rainy morning. The cat is outside, wet and unhappy, so they let him in and give him a corn muffin. Next comes the dog, the horse, some crows, a coyote, some chickens from across the road, the car, a wildebeest, Ludvig von Beethoven, the US Marine Band, and a small European circus. Mrs. Submarine doesn't think they have room for a circus, until her hubby points out it's mostly jugglers, clowns, and a small bear (but no elephants). Mrs. Submarine makes more corn muffins, and they all have a lovely breakfast and dry off by the fire. Very silly, and yet it's made all the more funny by the totally deadpan tone and sheer normalcy of the characters.

Andrea Johnson ajohnson at cooklib.org Children's Librarian * Cook Memorial Library * Libertyville, IL
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