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A Diller, a Dollar
A Mouse and a Stopwatch - Where's the Teacher?
Each nursery rhyme in this 1981 book is illustrated with mouse characters
in old-fashioned clothing. This version of ‘A Diller, A Dollar’
is distinctive for its absence of the speaker who is usually depicted
as a teacher or other authority figure. Instead we have a mouse in a tattered
green coat with elbow patches, who appears to have lost track of time
while pursuing his independent studies with a little stack of schoolbooks.
The stopwatch, which appears oversized in comparison to the mouse, stresses
that the time is now noon; and the little mouse is just remembering to
go to school. This illustration makes the mouse a somewhat lovable character
who is probably trying to do his best.
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