![]() ![]() ![]() The setup gives Thornburgh ( Skulls!) endless pun possibilities (“It’s such an a- peel-ing role” says the protagonist’s father), and the rest of Berube’s costumes-a blueberry that fits over a wheelchair, Swiss cheese with arms and legs-delight, too. ![]() Then she confesses her resentment to First Banana, who, far from reveling in time onstage, wishes she could be anywhere else in reaction, Second Banana switches from mourning her obscurity to trying to ease First Banana’s anxiety. Mixed-media illustrations by Berube ( Mae’s First Day of School) offer emotion to the spreads: when the narrating Second Banana finds out that she has to share her part, her stem droops when she lies down in despair, her costume covers her like a turtle shell. It is a big deal.” But due to a larger-than-usual class size, she’s cast in the role of Second Banana, with only three words to say (“has potassium, too”). A red-haired young thespian is stoked about her class’s annual Food Is Fun Healthy Eating Good Nutrition Pageant: “Every kid plays a food. ![]()
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