Hong, Lily Toy. Two of everything. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Company, 1993.
In this re-telling of a classic and humorous Chinese tale, Mr. Haktak digs up an unusual brass pot in his garden. When he brings the pot home to his wife, they discover it magically makes two of anything they put inside. Their plans for great riches are complicated when first Mrs. Haktak and then her husband fall into the pot. What will this couple do with two of everything, including themselves? The airbrushed paintings, with their muted colours and thick even outlines, provide expressive but stylized illustrations for this gently comic and endearing story.
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