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32 pp.
| Cavendish |
March, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7614-5343-7$16.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Stephen Gilpin.
Recast in Texas, the Three Billy Goats Gruff are fun-loving musicians headed across the border to a Mexican fiesta. The wily trio must figure out how to safely cross the Rio Grande over a bridge where a monstrous chupacabra (goat-sucker) lurks. Spanish words are sprinkled throughout the text. The digitally colored illustrations are cartoonishly gaudy but energetic. Glos.