Epossumondas

Epossumondas
Author: Coleen Salley
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2002-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547768990

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 lovable, 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 just might 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! Renowned storyteller Coleen Salley and Caldecott Honor illustrator Janet Stevens team up for this outrageous twist on the Southern story of the noodlehead who takes everything way too literally. (Or is that Epossumondas just pulling his mama's leg?)

Epossumondas Saves the Day

Epossumondas Saves the Day
Author: Coleen Salley
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2006-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547539304

It’s Epossumondas's birthday, so Mama's whipping up his favorite biscuits. But she's plumb out of sody sallyraytus! (That's baking soda to all you Yankees.) Everybody knows you can’t make big, fluffy biscuits without sody. One by one, Baby Gator, Auntie, and Mama scoot to the store to fetch some. But when no one comes back, it’s up to Epossumondas to run out and see what’s what--until he runs smack into a great, huge, ugly Louisiana snapping turtle!

Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail

Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail
Author: Coleen Salley
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2004-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547546688

Epossumondas has a very important question: "Mama, why don't I have hair on my tail?" And wouldn't you know it, Mama can tell him exactly why possum tails are all pink and naked and funny looking. Her story's a doozy! It goes way back to Epossumondas's great-great-grandpa, Papapossum. When hungry Papapossum and his growly ol' stomach meet up with wily Hare, cranky Bear, and a persimmon tree . . . well, it's one hair-raisin' adventure! Renowned storyteller Coleen Salley and Caldecott Honor illustrator Janet Stevens team up again, drawing on the Uncle Remus tradition and their own wild imaginations to expose a hilarious--and important!--moment in possum history.

Tops & Bottoms

Tops & Bottoms
Author: Janet Stevens
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 43
Release: 1995-03-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547351763

Hare solves his family’s problems by tricking rich and lazy Bear in this funny, energetic version of an old slave story. With roots in American slave tales, Tops & Bottoms celebrates the trickster tradition of using one’s wits to overcome hardship. “As usual, Stevens’ animal characters, bold and colorful, are delightful. . . . It’s all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly, from top to bottom instead of from side to side, making it perfect for story-time sharing.”--Booklist

Jackalope

Jackalope
Author: Janet Stevens
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 59
Release: 2003-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547351755

Never seen a jackalope? Not even sure what one is? Well, you've come to the right place. You'll get the whole wild story right here in this book. You see, the jackalope didn't start out with horns. First he was a plain old hare. You know, a jackrabbit. The horns came later, along with a corny fairy godrabbit and a cranky coyote. And the trouble those horns brought--hoooo-wee! With a gut-busting brew of sassy storytelling and outrageous art, Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel finally give the jackalope his due. After all, he's long been part of American legend--isn't it time to tell the real story?

Cook-a-Doodle-Doo!

Cook-a-Doodle-Doo!
Author: Janet Stevens
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152056582

With the questionable help of his friends, Big Brown Rooster manages to bake a strawberry shortcake which would have pleased his great-grandmother, Little Red Hen.

Shoe Town

Shoe Town
Author: Susan Stevens Crummel
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2003-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152048822

As she tries to settle down for a nap, a mouse who lives in a shoe is visited first by Tortoise and Hare, then by Little Red Hen, and lastly by the Big Bad Wolf.

To Market, To Market

To Market, To Market
Author: Anne Miranda
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2001-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547351380

Anne Miranda’s inventive twist on a classic rhyme tells what happens after a shopper goes “to market, to market, to buy a fat pig.” Back home the pig promptly escapes, and soon the pig’s in the kitchen, the lamb’s on the bed, the cow’s on the couch--and the rest of the animals are wreaking havoc throughout the house.

The Great Fuzz Frenzy

The Great Fuzz Frenzy
Author: Susan Stevens Crummel
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2005-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547769393

Deep, deep down in their underground town, the prairie dogs live in harmony--until a mysterious, fluorescent, very fuzzy thing (otherwise known as a tennis ball) rolls down their hole. When the prairie dogs discover that they can pluck and pull the fuzz into fabulous fashions, their fear quickly turns to curiosity, then delight, then pure greed. The frenzy that erupts threatens to tear apart the prairie-dog town forever. But when mean ol' Big Bark is kidnapped after taking all the fuzz for himself, the prairie dogs come to the rescue and remember the true meaning of community.

A Ball for Daisy

A Ball for Daisy
Author: Chris Raschka
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2011-12-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375988734

Winner of the 2012 Randolph Caldecott Medal This New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Best Illustrated Book relates a story about love and loss as only Chris Rashcka can tell it. Any child who has ever had a beloved toy break will relate to Daisy's anguish when her favorite ball is destroyed by a bigger dog. In the tradition of his nearly wordless picture book Yo! Yes?, Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka explores in pictures the joy and sadness that having a special toy can bring. Raschka's signature swirling, impressionistic illustrations and his affectionate story will particularly appeal to young dog lovers and teachers and parents who have children dealing with the loss of something special.