. . . "The rhymes and rhythms mostly work, though the verses are too short to really introduce the eccentric neighbors: ???Our Auntie, named Fritzi MacFluff, / Lives with her kitties, Sniffy and Snuff. / Her house is all knitted from yarn, / But you???ll find she gives not a darn!??? Fienieg paints vivid portraits of the eclectic homes on the left-hand pages, their occupants opposite them." . .