Janet Stevens is the author and illustrator of many beloved picture books, including Tops & Bottoms, a Caldecott Honor Book. With her sister and coauthor, Susan Stevens Crummel, she created the acclaimed bestsellers The Great Fuzz Frenzy; Help Me, Mr. Mutt!.
Shall we read TOPS AND BOTTOMS, adapted and illustrated by award-winning Janet Stevens. A lazy bear is outsmarted by hare - his clever, hungry, and industrious neighbor. Hare solves his family's problems by tricking rich and lazy Bear in this funny, energetic version of an old slave story.
With roots in American slave tales, Tops & Bottoms celebrates the trickster tradition of using one's wits to overcome hardship. While I most definitely enjoyed Janet Stevens' Tops & Bottoms (and do understand why and how it won a Caldecott Honour designation), on a purely personal level, I actually find the illustrations a bit too brash, bold and in-your-face for my own tastes (and having to turn the book on its side, really rather majorly annoyed me at first). That being said, I can appreciate that this cumulative and.
Children learn that hard work and ingenuity can reap great rewards in this comical tale about a hare determined to outsmart a hopelessly lazy bear! Filled with beautiful illustrations and easy-to-follow text, the book is an entertaining read-aloud that also engages early readers with familiar themes, characters and hilarious hijinks. Hardcover book by Janet Stevens is 40 pages. Janet Stevens is the author and illustrator of many beloved picture books, including Tops & Bottoms, a Caldecott Honor Book.
With her sister and coauthor, Susan Stevens Crummel, she created the acclaimed bestsellers The Great Fuzz Frenzy; Help Me, Mr. Mutt!; The Little Red Pen; and more. She is also the illustrator of the Epossumondas books, written by renowned storyteller Coleen Salley.
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With her sister and co-author, Susan Stevens Crummel, she created the acclaimed best-sellers The Great Fuzz Frenzy, Help Me, Mr. Mutt!, The Little Red Pen and more. She is also the illustrator of the Epossumondas books, written by renowned storyteller Coleen.
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