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134 pp.
| Houghton
| June, 2010
|
TradeISBN 978-0-547-24966-7$15.00
(4)
4-6
Mary Mae loves church; she also loves science. After her teacher leads the class in a fossil-hunting expedition, Mary Mae's mama intercedes and pulls her out of school. The fundamentalist Christian characters are somewhat stereotyped as poor and uneducated; nevertheless, Mary Mae's success creating a truce between faith and fossils shows plenty of spirit.
48 pp.
| Houghton
| April, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-0-618-67717-7$16.00
(4)
K-3
Beastly Gazette bird advice columnist Miss Perfect answers seventeen letters from her animal readers. The letters' scenarios are amusing (e.g., a platypus adopted by an anteater is sick of being fed ants), but their themes (being adopted; parent-child tussles) will resonate with readers. Cumulatively, the letters grow tiresome, but the art is as breezy as the tuft of feathers on Miss Perfect's head.