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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