cover image Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail

Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail

Coleen Salley. Harcourt Children's Books, $16 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-15-204935-5

The diapered furry hero and his human mother are back to explain Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail by Colleen Salley, illus. by Janet Stevens. Here Mama tells a story about Epossumondas's great-great-grandpa, Papapossum, who gobbled persimmons from Bear's tree-and barely escaped the resulting ursine wrath. Gaudily dressed characters with cheery Southern turns of phrase imbue this sequel with charm equal to the first book. .