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128 pp.
| Grosset |
September, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-448-45353-8$12.99
(4)
1-3
Illustrated by
Doreen Mulryan Marts.
In her third story, Frannie convinces the town that the new fancy French restaurant is serving bugs (they're actually escargot). In the process, she meets a food critic and writes a couple of her own reviews, one pre-bug-fiasco, one (retraction) after tasting the snails. Frannie (and Junie B.) fans may giggle at her made-up words and malapropisms; others will find them annoyingly cutesy.