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32 pp.
| Clarion |
September, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-547-00703-8$16.00
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Daniel Salmieri.
Grouchy Old Man Fookwire, who dislikes everything but birds, wages a battle of wits with the crafty squirrels that raid his birdfeeders. After the birds fly south, the squirrels attempt to make amends. The angular illustrations, showing contraptions created by Fookwire and the squirrels, are a good match for the tongue-in-cheek narrative.