{"product_id":"9780544809062","title":"Epossumondas","description":"Southern storyteller Coleen Salley and hilarious illustrator Janet Stevens join talents in this irreverent twist on a classic tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho's Epossumondas? Why, he's his mama's and his auntie's sweet little patootie, that's who. He's also the silliest, most lovable, most muddleheaded possum south of the Mason-Dixon line!\u003cp\u003e Better choose your words wisely when he's around, 'cause otherwise you never know \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e you'll get. Epossumondas just might bring you a fist full of crumbs, or a soaking wet puppy, or a scruffy wad of bread—oh, you just wouldn't believe it!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Renowned storyteller Coleen Salley and Caldecott Honor illustrator Janet Stevens team up for this outrageous twist on the Southern story of the noodlehead who takes everything \u003ci\u003eway\u003c\/i\u003e too literally. (Or is that Epossumondas just pulling his mama's leg?)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Author Biography: \u003cb\u003eColeen Salley\u003c\/b\u003e was a professor of children's literature for thirty years and now travels widely as a professional storyteller. The old tale of \"Epaminondas\" is her trademark; her variation on this story appears in print for the first time as \u003ci\u003eEpossumondas\u003c\/i\u003e . A native Southerner, she lives in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJanet Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e is the author and illustrator of many popular and award-winning books for children, including the Caldecott Honor Book \u003ci\u003eTops \u0026amp; Bottoms,\u003c\/i\u003e the Texas Bluebonnet winner \u003ci\u003eCook-a-Doodle-Doo!\u003c\/i\u003e , and the Texas Bluebonnet nominee \u003ci\u003eAnd\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Dish Ran Away with the Spoon.\u003c\/i\u003e She also illustrated \u003ci\u003eTo Market, To Market\u003c\/i\u003e by Anne Miranda, an ABBY Honor Book, which features Coleen Salley as the model for the central character. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014073467120,"sku":"9780544809062","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780544809062_p0.jpg?v=1763713400","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780544809062","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}