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RAISING SWEETNESS.(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
Diane Stanley illus. by C. Brian Karas. Putnam, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 0-399-23225-7
In the amiable Saving Sweetness, Stanley and Karas introduced a clumsy and golden-hearted sheriff who adopts little Sweetness and her seven fellow orphans. In this equally charming sequel, the unmarried sheriff labors to be a good parent. "Every dang day I sweep their little beds and hang their clothes out on the Line to get clean!" he boasts, unaware that his cleaning methods are dubious at best. The orphans urge him to find a mate, and one day a letter arrives, foreshadowing better times. But the happy ending is postponed, for the sheriff cannot read. It's up to Sweetness to learn her …
