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Brutschy, Jennifer

Just One More Story

32 pp. | Scholastic/Orchard | June, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-439-31767-3 $$16.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith. Austin and his parents--a country-and-western trio--are in a different town every week, but Austin's bedtime ritual in their trailer is a reassuring constant. Dad sticks firmly to the one-story-a-night rule until the family stays overnight in a two-story house, and Austin can't believe his luck. Pitch-perfect southwestern idioms set the tone and enhance the sense of place. Loose, carefree watercolors include fanciful touches.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2002