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32 pp.
| Andersen
| September, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7613-8095-5$16.95
(3)
K-3
Word at the farm is that a fox is out to eat the animals, so the frightened critters enlist cat Warduff's help. Warduff thinks up--and everyone successfully executes--Operation Corncob. The story's crisp writing and humorous digital art (an image of the animals in a tower formation illustrates "they seemed a little tense") carry the day.