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Epossumondasby Colleen Salley, Illustrated by Janet Stevens Who's Epossumondas? Why, He's his mama's and his auntie's sweet little patootie, that's who. He's also the silliest, most loveable, most muddleheaded possum south of the Mason-Dixon line! Better choose your words wisely when he's around, 'cause otherwise you never know WHAT you'll get. Epossumondas might just bring you a fist full of crumbs - or a soaking wet puppy - or a scruffy wad of bread - oh, you just wouldn't believe it! Other Information:* This familiar story takes on new silliness as the improbable possum-child interacts with his human mother. And what a mother (fans of Stevens's To Market, to Market will recognize her as the same model)! Stevens, in wickedly observant pencil and watercolor illustrations, characterizes the doting matriarch and her sister as matronly, doughy-cheeked ladies in cat-eye glasses and flowery dresses circa 1952.... Publisher's Weekly * The delicately detailed pencil and watercolor drawings perfectly amplify the great humor of the story.... a treasure.... New York Times * Caldecott Honor-winner Janet Stevens has obvious fun capturing Epossumondas's ridiculous errands in watercolor and colored pencil, especially as other bayou animals look on in puzzlement. But Steven's biggest coup has to be conveying the story's subtle secret--that Epossumondas might not be as dumb as he looks....Amazon.com |
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