McElmurry's illustrations show family searching for Stretch as they get ready for their day. The pictures, which fill pages with scenes from Stretch's family's home, invite reader in to participate in finding Stretch.

I highly recommend "Where's Stretch?" Your children will want to read it again and again; so will you. You will enjoy seeing your children's delight with each lift of a flap and story is short and sweet so it won't drive you crazy 150th time you read it.

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If you plan to frame an antique print as a gift, work is best done by a local framer whom you trust. Ordering your framing job over internet is usually not a good choice – appearance of frame and quality of materials are hard to judge on a screen. So leave an extra three weeks for framing work. Finally, remember that more specific requirements you demand of an antique map or print, earlier you will want to begin searching for it. Dealers are at their busiest around holiday times, so start your shopping early. Happy hunting.