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K-3
"That's a wicked big toddlah ya got theyah," observes Uncle Bert, with classic Maine understatement: "Toddie" is as huge as Paul Bunyan. Toddie's sister describes his first year in a similarly laconic tone. Meanwhile, Hawkes develops the tall tale for all it's worth in big, bright illustrations that burst with comic details and make the book ideal for group sharing.