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32 pp.
| BridgeWater |
January, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-8167-4546-3
(3)
K-3
Mama and her children enter the chili cook-off to win money to fix their washboard-rough road. Unfortunately, a space monster swallows their whole batch before the judges get to it, but he thanks them by giving them some of his "Chee-lee"--an inedible goop they use to fix their potholes. The subdued colors in the cartoon-style paintings lend a dusty dry West Texas atmosphere, with pen strokes providing shading.