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40 pp.
| Harcourt
| October, 2009
|
TradeISBN 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
48 pp.
| Harcourt
| November, 2006
|
TradeISBN 0-15-205701-3$16.00
(2)
PS
Illustrated by
Janet Stevens.
Again, the endearing possum and his human aunt and mama re-enact a well-known tale. A huge snapping turtle gulps down successive characters carrying sody sallyraytus (baking soda) home from the store so that Mama can make biscuits for Epossumondas's birthday party. Salley's narration is ripe for the telling and Stevens's art is right in the comic spirit of things.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2006
40 pp.
| Harcourt
| September, 2004
|
TradeISBN 0-15-204935-5$16.00
(2)
PS
Illustrated by
Janet Stevens.
The eponymous possum is back, this time wondering why his tail is "naked and funny looking." His mama--a portly, comfortable human--provides a lively elaboration on a traditional tale. Salley makes the most of the twists and turns whereby the trickster is tricked; Stevens's big, boisterous illustrations fairly leap off the page, nicely suiting them for the group-sharing the tale demands.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2005
40 pp.
| Harcourt
| August, 2002
|
TradeISBN 0-15-216748-X$$16.00
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Janet Stevens.
Epossumondas (a transformation of the now problematic "Epaminondas"), an outsized, bediapered possum, must carry gifts from his doting auntie to his equally besotted mama. This he dutifully does, always in preposterously inappropriate fashion. Stevens depicts the possum as an endearing noodlehead, his equally silly elders as comfortably large grandmotherly humans. The well-honed text will be just right for group sharing.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2002
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