Reminds me of the time I saw a young child pulling animal crackers out of a box, holding them up and announcing "Arthur!" to which the adult would say "No, that's a... well, a rhino, I think." "No, that's a... let's call that a lion."
I think any new companion in the Marc Brown universe will resemble their real-life counterparts with the same muddled detail as an animal cracker.
I've been the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc, since 1996; previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. Received my M.A. in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a B.A. from Pitzer College in 1978.
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Possibly even an aardvark with a long nose.
Reminds me of the time I saw a young child pulling animal crackers out of a box, holding them up and announcing "Arthur!" to which the adult would say "No, that's a... well, a rhino, I think." "No, that's a... let's call that a lion."
I think any new companion in the Marc Brown universe will resemble their real-life counterparts with the same muddled detail as an animal cracker.
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