Epossumondas Plays Possum
Illustrator
Janet Stevens
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Publication Year
2009
ISBN
9780152064204
Genre
animal realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Forgetting his mother's warnings, Epossumondas goes into the swamp alone then must pretend to be dead time and again as he hears frightening sounds and fears they are being made by the dreaded loup garou.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Lexile Measure
AD620L
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; Interracial; interracial family
Main Character
male opossum
Race/Ethnicities
Opossum / White
Family Formation
mother
Awards
Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award, 2011, Winner
Audie Award, 2011, Finalist, Children's Titles (for Up to Age 8)
School Library Journal Best Books, 2009 Children's Book
School Library Journal Book Review Stars, 2009
Keywords
lost; fear; swamp; Louisana; opossum; butterfly; swamp critters; buzzard
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Salley, Coleen, "Epossumondas Plays Possum" (2009). Diverse Families. 1868.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1868