PICTURE BOOKS
Weeks, Sarah

Catfish Kate and the Sweet Swamp Band

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Elwood H. Smith. Catfish Kate's all-girl band is disturbing Skink and his Skunktail Boys, who are trying to read. So begins a swamp war ultimately squelched by Kate's clever thinking. Young readers will get a kick out of this lesson in conflict resolution (Skink: "What's a compromise?"), while older kids may observe a gender war peacefully quelled. The art features pint-sized characters with jumbo personalities.

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