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. Volume XXI Number 19 . . . . January 23, 2015
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Between the words of the �excerpt� above and the book�s closing lines, �But what I love the most is falling asleep with my blankie. My blankie is a Super Blankie!�, the child narrator, of My Blankie describes how s/he incorporates the blanket into her/his daily play, transforming it into, for example, a tent or an igloo, the sail of a pirate ship or the cape of a king. Despite the blankie�s versatility as a play thing, it ultimately returns to its primary role, an object of security and comfort for the child. The brief text and cartoon-like illustrations that feature a child that could be either a girl or a boy make My Blankie a good home purchase, especially for a child with a blankie attachment. Recommended. Dave Jenkinson, CM�s editor, lives in Winnipeg, MB.
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Not every child has a blankie, but, if s/he does, and if it should go missing, life can become pretty stressful for parents until it is retrieved. And the blankie doesn�t have to be an actual blanket. Only one of our three children had what we referred to as his �blankie�, but it was actually the floral housecoat that my wife had worn while he was just an infant and which he later �adopted� and carried around with him everywhere and even slept with as a toddler.