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!.
A picture book based on an old slave tale, featuring a trickster hare and a lazy bear. Read reviews, ratings, and book details of this humorous and colorful story. 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. 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.
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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. Janet Stevens is the author and illustrator of many beloved picture books, including Tops & Bottoms, a Caldecott Honor Book.
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.
Tops & Bottoms: A Hilarious Fairy Tale of a Clever Rabbit, a Lazy Bear, and a Trickster's Plan (Caldecott Honor Book) - Kindle edition by Stevens, Janet, Stevens, Janet. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. About the Author 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.