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I thought this was an adorable story but I am not sure I agree with some of the readers on Goodreads that it deserves to be a Newberry contender. While I thought the story was cute, if a bit fantastical, I found there was a disconnect between the story, its intended audience and the language used. No foul language, just really big words, some of which even I had to look up. Also, while I enjoy the occasional talking animals I found this to be written kind of tongue in cheeky and sarcastically, w
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I can't wait to give this a book commercial next week, when school starts. I know that the kids are going to love it. They are always looking for talking animal books, like Ivan, and my school is a bit Big Foot obsessed.
I really loved the narrator, and the raccoons are very lovable. I'm not going to be able to see a rear view mirror without imaging a 'coon hanging from it for a while.
I wish that I could have read this book as a child. As an adult, I pretty much knew how it was going to end fro ...more
I really loved the narrator, and the raccoons are very lovable. I'm not going to be able to see a rear view mirror without imaging a 'coon hanging from it for a while.
I wish that I could have read this book as a child. As an adult, I pretty much knew how it was going to end fro ...more
This was a magical book for me; I listened to the audio version, narrated by Lyle Lovett. At first, I thought his voice was somewhat monotone, but either he became more animated, I got used to it, or I am imagining things. When Lovett voiced the "snip snap" and other sounds, it really became more enjoyable and seemed to take off. In fact, one time when I was at a bank machine and had the book playing, Lovett was imitating the feral pigs, and the person in the next lane seemed to wonder what I wa
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This is a magical story set in the Louisiana Bayou that includes a big cast of characters (both human and animal) that all have one thing in common: Sugan Man Swamp. Some of the characters want to preserve it, some just want to make a quick buck.
Chap Brayburn and his mom run a pie shop that features fried sugar pies, but Sonny Boy Beaucoup is raising the rent on them because he wants to pave over the swamp and build a tourist trap dedicated to Gator Wrestling, despite his family's history with ...more
Chap Brayburn and his mom run a pie shop that features fried sugar pies, but Sonny Boy Beaucoup is raising the rent on them because he wants to pave over the swamp and build a tourist trap dedicated to Gator Wrestling, despite his family's history with ...more
Oct 15, 2013
Barbara
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character-building,
imagination,
compassion,
jobs,
nature,
ncbla2014,
mysteries,
rural-life,
cultural-identity,
families
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Set deep in a swamp in east Texas Bingo and J'miah two young raccoons living in an old abandoned Desoto are the scouts of Sugar Man Swamp. It is their duty to report anything suspicious that might disrupt the swamp to the ancient sleeping Sugar Man - if they can find him and get past his body guard a huge canebreak rattler named Gertrude. What they don't realize is the swamp is under attack from so many different directions and they may not be able to save it in time from a rowdy band of feral h
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Predictable, but charming book for young readers.
Nov 01, 2013
Lana Krumwiede
marked it as to-read
May 26, 2014
Cara
marked it as to-read
May 30, 2014
Jill Flanagan
marked it as to-read
