Davis, Aubrey. The Enormous Potato. Illus. Dusan Petricic. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1997.
The judiciously economic language used to re-tell this traditional story is perfectly balanced with the lush full-spread watercolour and pencil illustrations, and the two work together beautifully to tell this cumulative tale of a potato so big it takes an entire family, and assorted animals, to pull it out of the ground. Bright, whimsical and expressive paintings combined with a short but repeating text make this a perfect book for story time. A simple but gorgeously crafted story.
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