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Catfish Kate and the Sweet Swamp Band by Elwood H. Smith, Sarah Weeks

kristenremenar's review against another edition

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3.0

Nice rhyme, fun to read aloud. Catfish Kate and her band want to make music. The Skunk Boys want it quiet so they can read. Compromise is reached. Good onomatopoeia lesson.

librariandest's review against another edition

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3.0

This book bills itself as a "rockin' rhyme about compromise," which is pretty accurate. A band of girls disturbs a quiet group of boys and they have themselves a conflict. Their solution is not original, but it's pretty fun to read.

I was not impressed by the artwork, and I thought it was pretty weird to have a catfish (the titular Kate) playing in a band on dry land. It's funny, though, that a member of the band "spins" on a gramophone.

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"compromise, earplugs, swamp animals, onomatopoeia"
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