From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3–An imaginary chain letter arrives in a bottle on the waves. Readers are encouraged to send out 10,000 copies within 24 hours to prevent rattlesnakes from rising from the toilet, or to perhaps gain $12 million from the Statue of Liberty. The global exploration of possible ills and gains ventures to London, the Galápagos Islands, New York City, California, and the cozy home of the Abominable Snowman. Dworkin's cartoons bring flamboyant comedy to the terse text. The premise of the story relies on youngsters having knowledge of chain letters, but a clever teacher could follow up a reading of this story with a collaborative creation of a class letter that details the consequences of breaking the chain. Most importantly, the book gives a humorous slant to superstition.–Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
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About the Author
Lucille Lang Day (author) was born in Oakland, California, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author of four poetry collections. She is also the director of the Hall of Health, a small museum in Berkeley, and she holds degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco State University.
Doug Dworkin (illustrator) grew up in the Washington, D.C., area. He lived for several years in a small cottage in the woods outside of Baltimore before packing up his car and moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. He lives with his wife and cat. He has never received a chain letter but has not given up hope.
