Monday, July 23, 2018

For Outagamie Fair week, a book about a girl going to the fair in Texas

This book is hilarious. Desert Rose takes a "shortcut" with her hog and has so much trouble that she learns, ultimately, that sometimes shortcuts fail. She is looking for help to get her hog moving from different animals (forming a chain of sorts). She is trying to get to the country fair in Laredo on time. As each animal claims some excuse, Desert Rose has funny retorts playing with language. Finally, she strikes a deal with a shady and intimidating armadillo. He is true to his word, and then Desert Rose is also.

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