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Washington, Donna L.

Boo Stew

32 pp. | Peachtree | September, 2021 | Trade ISBN 978-1-68263-221-5 $17.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler. "There were always Scares in Toadsuck Swamp, but Curly Locks didn't pay 'em much mind." That is, until the Scares--shown as spiky black shadowy things--take up residence in the mayor's house. Neither the boastful, hammer-wielding blacksmith nor the overconfident, lasso-throwing chicken rancher succeeds in driving off the creatures. But Curly Locks, a young Black girl whose passion is cookery (batwing brownies, lizard skin lasagna), suspects the way to a Scare's heart is through its stomach. With a take-charge young protagonist; a tall-tale storyteller's cadence ("the most annoyin' thing about 'em was their hootin' and hollerin'"); and Ebbeler's (A Giant Mess, rev. 5/21) eye-catching mixed-media ­illustrations, this book is a storytime--if not a ­culinary--treat.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2021

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