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Only Kathi Appelt can make raccoons appealing. This one rolls out oh so slowly, but the language is lovely and the swamp and all its denizens come to life. Lyle Lovett's narration was smooth as sugar but I think I would've preferred the author reading.
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The Bayou Tourterelle, where the elusive Sugar Man and cousin of Sasquatch lives in the swamp, might become a Gator World Wrestling Arena and Theme Park if Sonny Boy Beaucoup gets his way. But, true blue scouts enter the scene and aim to save it by awakening the Sugar Man with the finest sugar--muscovado. These scouts are raccoon brothers and twelve-year-old, Chap, whose grandfather, before he died, instilled a love of the swamp in the boy.
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A charming read.
Newbery Honoree and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt's story of care and conservation has received five starred reviews, was selected as a National Book Award finalist, and is funny as all get out and ripe for reading aloud, or just reading to yourself when your teens roll their eyes at you for reading a "children's book". ...more
Newbery Honoree and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt's story of care and conservation has received five starred reviews, was selected as a National Book Award finalist, and is funny as all get out and ripe for reading aloud, or just reading to yourself when your teens roll their eyes at you for reading a "children's book". ...more
Humorous, darling story with talking animals (although they cannot communicate with the humans). The story shifts between different points of view: Chap, a 6-ft tall 12-yo, who wants to save his Mom's pie shop in the swamp; 2 raccoons-Bingo & J'miah-who want to save the swamp; Sonny Boy, who wants to develop the swamp and make boatloads of money; and a sounder of hogs (17) who want to eat all the sugarcane in the swamp. A good story about preserving nature versus developing land.
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mock Newbery 2014 - Good for 6th - lots of opportunities to predict and alter predictions.
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