Animal Humor
-- retold fairytales illustrated by Lita Judge--
UGLY
2006 Hyperion Books for Young Readers (pb 2008)
ISBN 0-7868-3753-5
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Junior Library Guild
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Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Master List
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Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book
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starred review KIRKUS
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CAPITOL CHOICES:
...this excellent read-aloud introduces young readers to an exotic habitat.
KIRKUS:
...fabulous coming-of-age story... beautiful lessons about finding oneself, about fitting in (or not), about the implacability of nature and weather and the importance of maternal advice.
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HIGHLIGHTS MAGAZINE, a child review:
...you'll want to read it again and again... It sounds like music when it's being read to you.
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To hear the first chapter read by the author, click here.
MOGO, THE THIRD WARTHOG (pb 2011)
2008 Hyperion Books for Young Readers
ISBN-10: 1-4231-0816-7
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Junior Library Guild
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New York Public Library's 2008 list of 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
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Keystone State Reading Association Book Award List for Intermediate Level
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Master List, Vermont
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Tennessee Association of School Librarians list of outstanding books
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Sunshine State Young Readers Award List, Florida
KIRKUS:
.....the joys and very real dangers of life on the savanna...
BOOKLIST:
...well-told, life-or-death adventure tale...children who love animals, even those as aparently unlovable as the warthog, will be in their element here.
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