Epossumondas Saves the Day

by Coleen Salley

Book Overview

It's Epossumondas's birthday, so Mama's whipping up his favorite biscuits. But she's plumb out of sody sallyraytus (That's baking soda to all you Yankees.) Everybody knows you can't make big, fluffy biscuits without sody. One by one, Baby Gator, Auntie, and Mama scoot to the store to fetch some. But when no one comes back, it's up to Epossumondas to run out and see what's what--until he runs smack into a great, huge, ugly Louisiana snapping turtle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152057013
• ISBN13: 9780152057015
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.0" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Awesome Possum!

This is my all time favorite book to read to my Kindergarteners. I always read it to the upcoming class as well. They get a kick out of the voices that you can do while reading. You can hear them saying under their breath for a week, "Sody, Sody, SodySallyratus". A must have!!!

Wonderfully Entertaining!

I love this book! It is a well written, with the words and pictures supporting each other in the way that a picture book should. The dialog is realistic and the ending wonderful. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a picture book that offers humor, action, and a unlikely hero.

Epossumondas

This is really the cutest book. The listeners can get involved with the repetition of key phrases. I found a stuffed possum that looks just like Epossumondas! There are a couple of other books about Epossumondas that are also great!

Epossumondas Saves the Day - Great Book

I have 7 grandchildren who all LOVE the Epossumondas books. Every single time they come to visit those are the first books they want me to read to them.

A zany tale evolves.

Coleen Salley's EPOSSUMONDAS SAVES THE DAY will reach ages 3-7, pairing Janet Stevens' lovely, fun drawings with the unique and lively tale of Epossumondas' birthday. Mama's whipping up his favorite biscuits - but she's out of sody sallyraytus (baking soda), leading Epossumondas on a chase to find the missing ingredient - facing a huge, ugly Louisiana snapping turtle in the process. A zany tale evolves.