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Salley, Coleen

Epossumondas Plays Possum

40 pp. | Harcourt | October, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-15-206420-4 $16.00

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Janet Stevens. Mama warns Epossumondas about a loup-garou in the swamp. But Epossumondas forgets, and soon he's meeting the swamp's fearsome denizens. Stevens captures the characters with humor and affection: Mama, comfortably garrulous as ever; the fecklessly crafty adventurer, pink-toed and diapered. The loup-garou never does show up, but there's a note to explain his legendary status.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2009