2/7/2024 0 Comments Dirty little boy gay nifty![]() Getting no good results from splashing in a puddle like a bird, rolling in mud like a pig, trying out a wire brush (horse), or licking his hands to wipe his face (cat), the boy returns home for a sudsy bath, and is last seen bare, dripping, gleaming, and beaming to beat the band. The first picture-book version of an episode last seen in print over 40 years ago, this has been freshened up with a light editorial massage, and furnished with illustrations that, like Salerno's pictures for Bill Martin's Chicken Chuck (2000) are all exaggerated action and huge, bold, energetic brushstrokes. ![]() The results may not be quite what Mama had in mind. Proclaiming "I am one dirty little boy," a lad asks his busy mother for a bath-but she instead sends him off to see how the animals clean themselves.
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