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The Adventures of Granny Clearwater & Little Critter
32 pp.
| Holt/Ottaviano |
October, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8050-7899-2$16.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Laura Huliska-Beith.
While the Clearwater family is heading West, Granny and "Little Critter" are thrown from the wagon and must find their way back, surviving by Granny's wits. Employing tongue-in-cheek Western twang and vocabulary, Holt seems more interested in introducing readers to a time and place in America's past than in telling a story--a problem offset somewhat by the tall-tale-teasing art.