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The Orange Book

by Richard McGuire

Paperback, 32 pages

Published by Puffin (1994-09-01)

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Amazon Description

Fourteen oranges, fresh from their tree, make their way in the world and end up in various places including art school, vaudeville, and television.

One Potato Review

Okay, it’s for counting, but this book makes it all the way to fourteen, which is only one of the odd things here, all of them welcome (except number thirteen, which doesn’t make it onto a television commercial; its fate remains a mystery in the end), and simply, spectacularly rendered in only three colors - since any more would be missing the point. After lemons and apples and lima beans even, finally this amazing, often underrated, actor takes its turn at the center of a story whose creator has the sense to use all of its talents - not least it’s so easily shared.

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