The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Chaconas, Dori

Cork & Fuzz

32 pp. | Viking | March, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-670-03602-1 $13.99

(3) K-3 Viking Easy-to-Read series. Illustrated by Lisa McCue. When Cork the muskrat runs into Fuzz the opossum in the woods, they begin to learn about their differences and similarities. Cork likes to eat "veggie stuff" rather than Fuzz's beetles, and Fuzz is afraid of the water Cork lives in. But they both love rocks, and a new friendship is begun throughout four simple, appealingly illustrated chapters.

Reviewer: Susan Halperin