AVALANCHE ANNIE
illustrated by Kurt Cyrus, Harcourt,Inc.
"Way up in Michisota where the woolly mooskins roam, near the mountain Himalachia, Annie Halfpint makes her home." Annie is no giant, but she wrestles an angry avalanche, saves the folks in Yoohoo Valley, and helps form Twin Antler Lake in the process. This tall tale about a not-so-tall heroine is a rowdy read-it-again adventure!
Reviews
*The tale's tall, even if its hero isn't, in this rhymed account of a diminutive trail guide's awesome exploit... Wheeler tells the tale in sprightly verse-"Her voice booms soft as thunder. / Her hair grows thick as ink. / Her skin feels smooth as gravel. / Her mukluks hold their stink"-aptly reflected in Cyrus's comic scenes of dismayed hikers, rolling down the hill in a whirl of colorful parkas, amid giant curds of snow. Kirkus 2003
* A Link to an article with ideas of how to use Avalanche Annie with Preschoolers.
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