Squids Will Be Squids

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Squids Will Be Squids
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Author Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith
Cover artist Lane Smith
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre children's book
Publisher Viking Press
Publication date
1998
Pages48
ISBN 978-0-670-88135-2
OCLC 39002874
[E] 21
LC Class PZ8.2.S37 Sq 1998

Squids Will Be Squids is a children's picture book written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith. It was released in 1998 by Viking Press.

Reception

Roger Sutton, of Horn Book Magazine , reviewed the book saying, "The humor is definitely juvenile and wears a little thin, but Scieszka has perfect pitch when it comes to this kind of thing ("Moral: He who smelt it, dealt it"), and Smith's portraits find the humanity behind the masks". [1]

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References

  1. Sutton, Roger, "Squids Will Be Squids", Horn Book Magazine, 00185078, , Vol. 74, Issue 6