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56 pp.
| Putnam
| October, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-0-399-24754-5$17.99
(3)
K-3
Each of four sections (one per season) includes one or two stories and a running comic strip poking affectionate fun at tourists. Regional dialect ("aiyah") adds flavor to the tales, which are based on shaggy-dog stories and "obscure folktales." Though the stories will best be appreciated by dePaola's northern New England neighbors, the artist's warm, inviting illustrations will have wide appeal. Glos.
32 pp.
| Scholastic
| March, 2001
|
TradeISBN 0-439-09543-3$$15.95
(1)
K-3
Illustrated by
Barbara McClintock.
After bragging that he can steal a pig, Tricky Fox, feigning age and fatigue three times, gains entry to nearby cottages. He upgrades the contents of his sack by fooling the humans within, until a kindly teacher, the fox's third intended victim, overhears the fox singing his sassy song. Using a teacher's greater smarts, she puts her bulldog, instead of the supposed pig, into the sack. McClintock's lively line gets the spirited tale's mischief just right.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2001
2 reviews
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