THOSE GREEN THINGS Kathy Stinson. Illustrated by Mary McLoughlin. Toronto, ON: Annick Press, 1985. unpaged, paper, $4.95. ISBN 0-920303-41-2. cloth, $12.95. ISBN 0-920303-40-4. CIP. Subject Heading: Green-Juvenile fiction. Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7 Reviewed by Grace E. Funk. Volume 14 Number 1 1986 January Kathy Stinson has done it again. She has got right inside the mind of a bored child pestering her mother and exercising her own imagination at the same time. Nobody really minds; mother has an imagination to match her daughter's, and the book ends with a fine touch of humour. The same kind of charm is evident as in Bonnie McSmithers (Tree Frog, 1974). As is proper in a picture book, Mary McLoughlin's illustrations in clear, bright colours make the imaginings very vivid indeed, and add visual touches of delight. The page-turns are just right for reading aloud. The format and repetition make a fine opportunity for encouraging beginning readers. I predict an epidemic of "green things." Grace E. Funk, Harwood E.S., Vernon, BC.