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Tops & Bottoms (Caldecott Honor Book)

25 reviews
Janet Stevens

Harcourt Children's Books, 1995

Clever... Witty... Humorous... Must Have for Teachers
Stevens, J. (1995). Tops and bottoms. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. Synopsis: When Hare loses everything he owns to a risky bet with a persistent tortoise, his family's lives are in danger of starvation. While Hare's family is in danger of starving, his neighbor, Bear, lies around lazily as his richly fertile farm fields lay untouched. Being a sly trickster, Hare devises a plan ...

My Big Dog (A Golden Classic)

13 reviews
Susan Stevens Crummel

Golden Books, 2005

Sometimes a Dog can be a Cat's Best Friend
"My dish. My sofa. My chair. My mouse. My Bed." These are the words uttered by Merl, a very special cat and above each two word sentence is an excellent illustration. Merl, who always seems to have his pink mouse toy in his teeth by the tail is a happy, content cat, until his owners bring home a puppy. The puppy dog licks and slurps Merl to no end, apparently not aware that cats and dogs aren't ...

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock

9 reviews
Eric A. Kimmel

Holiday House, 1990

My favorite children's book
As a kid I learned how to read with Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock. I had my parents read it to me until I had memorized it, then I read it, associating the words I knew were there with what was there. It was hands down my favorite book as a child and I believe that the moral in it helped build a moral character into me. I never saw any violence in the story, just thought that when you said ...

Epossumondas (Irma S and James H Black Honor for Excellence in Children's Literature (Awards))

15 reviews
Coleen Salley

Harcourt Children's Books, 2002

LOVE THIS BOOK!
The style in which this work is written is absolutely priceless! When reading it to children I do suggest you practice your southern accent (if you don't already have one), as the story hinges on the wonderful dialect and silly words. Our little hero, Epossumondas mixes it up with a big old Louisana Snapping Turtle and the story is absolutely hilarious. The art work by Janet Stevens fits the ...

The Tortoise and the Hare (Reading Rainbow Book)

11 reviews
Janet Stevens

Holiday House, 1985

A favored rendition of a classic fairy tale. Maintain your own pace.
A hasty Hare relentlessly bullies a shy Tortoise, "By the time you finish picking those spring flowers it will be winter . . . By the time you get there, the stores will be closed." A reluctant Tortoise (pulling his head inside his shell) is encouraged by his friends to accept Hare's challenge to a race and they help him get in shape. Tortoise maintains his pace while Hare races ahead. ...

The Great Fuzz Frenzy

15 reviews
Susan Stevens Crummel

Harcourt Children's Books, 2005

TRULY A FUN READ. THE KIDS LOVE IT!
One day a dog drops a green, fuzzy tennis ball down a hole which is the home of a group of prairie dogs. The fun then begins. This strange object, with the strage and wonderful fuzzy stuff absolutely fascinates each member of the prairie dog city. The little critters come up with some rather unique uses for the green stuff. The illustrations are wonderful as is the story. It is actually ...

Help Me, Mr. Mutt!: Expert Answers for Dogs with People Problems

4 reviews
Janet Stevens, Susan Stevens Crummel

Harcourt Children's Books, 2008

CALLING ALL DOGS
It all starts with a weener dog on a forced diet; she's writing to Mr. Mutt to ask if she looks fat. Mr. Mutt's answer is, "Of course not!" He also recommends the doggie food pyramid which of course has no place in it for dry dog food. Because Mr. Mutt is a nationally known authority on interspecies understanding, he launches his canine counseling business as a way to help other dogs with people ...

To Market, To Market

21 reviews
Anne Miranda

Voyager Books, 2001

Hilarious and animal-friendly !
The pictures in this book are HILARIOUS !!!! This is a very funny, upbeat book with a bit of a vegetarian theme in a light-handed way. After reading it, our 5-yo looked back through the pictures and said "I think she bought some pets !!!" We borrowed it from the library but I am going to buy a copy to own just because the pictures are so funny...and the way the lady looks at the end of her ...

Anansi's Party Time
Eric A. Kimmel

Holiday House, 2008

The fifth book in the popular Anansi trickster tales series by acclaimed author-and-illustrator team Eric A. Kimmel and Janet Stevens. Anansi is throwing a party. He invites Turtle, but plays so many tricks on him that Turtle can't have any fun. So turtle decides to get even and throws a part of his own. A companion to "Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock", "Anansi Goes Fishing", "Anansi and the Talking Melon," and "Anansi and the Magic Stick".

Cook-a-Doodle-Doo!

17 reviews
Janet Stevens, Susan Stevens Crummel

Voyager Books, 2005

Very Cute
Very cute book. I bought it for my one year old- it's way too advanced for her. But when she's about 4-5 yrs old, she'll love it. It also included the recipe in the back so you can spend time together making some delicious strawberry shortcake!

From Pictures to Words: A Book About Making a Book

4 reviews

Holiday House, 1996

A wonderful story for children and adults of all ages!
Stevens has created a delightful story, complete with fabulous illustrations, in which she models for the reader how a book/story is written. This is a valuable/must resource for any elementary teacher wanting to introduce or reinforce the elements of a story or who just wants her students to enjoy a well-written, fun tale

Anansi Goes Fishing

2 reviews
Eric A. Kimmel

Live Oak Media, 1993

Kids love tricksters!
Anansi is lazy and he likes to play tricks! This time, turtle outsmarts Anansi. Anansi does all of the work while turtle gets tired. The kids in my class ask to listen to this book and the other Anansi tales, retold by Eric Kimmel, over and over again. This one takes a little bit more thinking to figure out what the tricks are.

Jackalope

7 reviews
Janet Stevens, Susan Stevens Crummel

Harcourt Children's Books, 2003

This strange creature is sure to eventually turnip somewhere
I purchased this book because it had such an intersting title: JACKALOPE. Simple, yet mysterious. A jackalope is an imaginary (well, maybe not totally imaginary) creature that has the body of a jack rabbit and the horns of an antelope. This book is "the absolute truth" about what happened to the jackalope. The story is narrated by a crudgy old armadillo who sits in a lawn chair. Basically, ...

Anansi and the Talking Melon

4 reviews
Eric A. Kimmel

Holiday House, 1995

Trickery at its best!!
Anansi the spider bores his way into one of Elephant's melons and thus begins the great trickery of some of the greatest animals in the Animal Kingdom. I used this book with the second grade class and we loved the human characteristics of the animals and all the funny things Anansi says while he is in the melon. It is a great book to act out in the puppet theater and we had great fun taking ...

Epossumondas Saves the Day

4 reviews
Coleen Salley

Harcourt Children's Books, 2006

Epossumondas
This is really the cutest book. The listeners can get involved with the repetition of key phrases. I found a stuffed possum that looks just like Epossumondas! There are a couple of other books about Epossumondas that are also great!

Caring for Perennials: What to Do and When to Do it

12 reviews
Janet Macunovich, Steven Nikkila

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1997

Excellent guidance for both new and experienced gardeners
Having gardened for over ten years, and purchased many books about perennial gardening in that time, I find myself coming back time and again to two old favorites: this book and Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials. (With an occasional glance at Rodale's Insect Weed and Disease Guide when circumstances demand it!) I consider these to be the essential guides to perennial gardening, ...

Anansi and the Magic Stick

3 reviews
Eric A. Kimmel, Janet Stevens

Holiday House, 2002

Funny, but lessons learned.
I remember Anansi the Spider when I was a child, now I read about the spider with my son! Sheesh! The little spider has dealings with all the animals in his neighborhood about his messy house. While everyone else cleans and works he sleeps. Finally he decides to do something about it, but with someone else's tool, not thinking of the result. This book made us crack up. At the same time, it ...

Plaidypus Lost

7 reviews
Susan Stevens Crummel

Holiday House, 2004

Lookout - your child will want a Plaidypus too!
My 3-1/2 year old daughter loved everything about this book, which we borrowed from the library. The poetry of it and repetitive story helped her to memorize it, and she chimed in a lot on the second and later readings. It's fun for adults to read, too - it's a sweet story, and not too long, too short, or too ridiculous. I am thankful for any children's author who makes it easy on the parents ...

Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail

2 reviews
Coleen Salley

Harcourt Children's Books, 2004

Cute New Story for Young Readers
Young Epossumondas isn't like many other opossums his age. For he lives with his so-called mama, who is a human, not an opossum like himself. And he doesn't live in a tree, but rather in a big, comfy couch. One day, little Epossumondas is sitting on the porch when Skunk goes by. Epossumondas notices Skunk's gorgeous, furry, black and white tail, and is immediately intrigued. Soon he is thinking ...

And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon

29 reviews
Janet Stevens, Susan Stevens Crummel

Harcourt Children's Books, 2001

Hey Diddle Diddle
So Dish and Spoon run away at the end of the rhyme but now the story needs to be read again and the pair have not returned. Characters from other Mother Goose rhymes take off to find them. Little Boy Blue, a giant, the cow, and Humpty Dumpty all play a role. Crummel's characteristic humor is fun to read aloud. A lavish map allows young readers to follow the action. I often used this book as an ...

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