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32 pp.
| Kids Can |
September, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-1-55453-662-7$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Colin Jack.
A cookbook-wielding fox prepares to cook himself something with the toads that he caught in a pond, but their mother shows up and convinces him to try her recipe (included) for Toad-in-a-Hole, which turns out not to contain a single toad. This story has the cleverness of a folktale but the look of a sloppy version of old-fashioned Disney animation.