Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
	List Price:   $17.99 Unit Price:   $14.39 You Save:   $3.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   0152928510 ISBN-13:   9780152928513 Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Harcourt Children's Books Edition:   illustrated Category:   2012 USDA Approved NE Materials, Agriculture, Folklore FairyTales, Nutrition Pub. Date:   March 1995 Pages:   40 Format:   Hardcover; Cloth over boards Ages:   4 to 8 Grades:   ps to
Awards
1996  Caldecott Medal (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  1996  Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  1998  Children's Book Award (Maryland) (USA)  Winner!  1997  Show Me Readers Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  1998  Washington Children's Choice Picture Book (USA)  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
FOLKLORE_UNITED STATES FOLKLORE_UNITED STATES
Description/Notes
CA 2012 USDA Approved NE Materials HOTM (Sweet Potatoes) With roots in European folktales and American slave stories, 'Tops and Bottoms' celebrates the trickster tradition of overcoming hardship by using one's wits. An exciting vertical format takes this funny story to its most entertaining extreme. Watercolor, colored pencil and gesso illustrations. An African American folktale about how Hare takes unfair advantage of Bear in a garden project. Hare solves his familys 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 ones wits to overcome hardship. As usual, Stevens animal characters, bold and colorful, are delightful. . . . Its all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly, from top to bottom instead of from side to side, making it perfect for story-time sharing.--Booklist