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119 pp.
| Philomel |
October, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-399-23312-1$$16.99
(4)
4-6
Illustrated by
Tony DiTerlizzi.
This uneven collection includes a tall tale about a frog who jumps over the moon and a retread of the Pied Piper legend featuring amphibians rather than rats. The best of the entries, by Janet Taylor Lisle and David Lubar, have a tongue-in-cheek quality, but a dark, first-person Bible retelling by Stephen Menik seems inconsistent with the volume's light tone and comedic black-and-white illustrations.