Description: "Do not laugh! Do not even smile! Or you must return to the beginning of the book!" So says Mr. Frimdimpny, the Smile Detective who escorts readers through this series of vignettes. But the proceedings, with a host of silly animal characters in silly situations, make it next to impossible to obey. Take, for example, Pierre the Excellent Waiter, who is carrying a load of dishes and asks readers not to touch his ticklish spot (which is marked with a big red "X"), or the Fancy Glass Store's hippopotamus proprietor, who asks readers not to sing or even hum, because when he hears music he can't help but dance ... Who can resist? James Stevenson's funny text and funnier pictures will have readers disobeying at every turn, and laughing uncontrollably under the Smile Detective's glaring, probing, hilarious search for signs of mirth.

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