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07/30/2004    
S. M. Smoller     e-mail

     The story of Dutch Sneakers and Flea-Keepers by Clef Brown is both poetry and humor.  This storybook is filled with many little poems that are funny and amusing.  It is a funny book!  I enjoyed reading this book because it was great.
     This book does not have a specific setting.  Each poem takes place in a different location and each story takes place in a different time dimension.  It has many different people in it and different main ideas.
     The main characters vary from story to story.  One of the story's main characters is Tattlesnake.  He is a snake with a man's head and big ear.  He sits around all day and tries to find things to tattle on.  Every little kid fears this snake because he or she doesn't want to get in trouble.
     A part of the story that is unusual is about a man named Ned who got a rash and wouldn't stop scratching it for days.  The doctor placed a plastic cone around his neck so he would not scratch it anymore.  I thought this was unusual because the cone that Ned had on his neck was made for dogs.
      I thought this book was awesome because it was very funny and the poems were pretty good.  The pictures were also funny and I liked how the poems were short.  I think every kid who enjoys poetry should check this volume out.  You won't be disappointed.