In this case, the catalyst for that getting-to-know-you moment is Dad's Enemy Pie's recipe. And as most of those stories go, this one also gets resolved once the protagonist gives the new comer a chance to become a friend. And this book sits comfortably among them. that we don't know we fear and despise, are a whole sub-genre. The story starts when Jeremy Ross moves to the neighborhood and ruins the perfect summer of our young protagonist.Īll on their own, stories dealing with children declaring new arrivals their enemies, a.k.a. While very entertaining, this picture book didn't hold our (that's mine and my four-year-old almost-nephew) attention as other books do, perhaps because early enough in the story we saw Dad's plan coming, hence spoiling the surprise.
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