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conversations.value: Give me a description for a book titled Where the Girls Are about P>Gr, Edward, Gorey with the genre: Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy.
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conversations.value: <P>Gr 2-4-This highly original alphabet book begs comparison with the offbeat work of Edward Gorey, the sly humor of Tomi Ungerer, and the cartoons of Charles Addams. the author's pudgy, determined children are also reminiscent of Sendak's Mickey from Where the Wild Things Are. Here, 26 girls, arranged in alphabetical order, are bent on various strange and sometimes questionable adventures: Charlotte sets a trap for a potential victim with a golf club tucked under her arm and Yvonne waits for a TV movie, surrounded by knives, slingshots, and hammers. In one sexuality implicit scene, Norma tickles Nadine's bare tummy with a soft brush. And, in another challenge to traditional ideas, the career for which Deirdre is preparing is undoubtedly that of pope. On the other hand, some readers may find this book outrageously funny and clever, one that celebrates the imaginative abilities of girls instead of boys; one that begs to be put into the hands of children, male or female, to test their wit, their perceptions of the world, and their knowledge of themselves. It offers a whimsical blend of dark humor, odd events, and flights of fantasy in a series of paintings that teach no lessons but reflect the curious fears and fancies of childhood.-Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ</P><P>Copyright 1994 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</P>