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Higgins Bend Song and Dance by Jacqueline B. Martin Houghton Mifflin Company 1997 |
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Simon Henry was all business—fish business. And he claimed he could catch anything that swam, crawled, or floated in the river by Higgins Bend. When a catfish named Oscar began to steal the cranky fisherman’s redworms and even his best five-day-old secret-recipe stinkbait, Simon Henry knew it was time to prove his skill.
He stood in the middle of Potato Kelly’s Bait and Chowder Shop and said, “I’ll get up early. I’ll work all day. I’ll sleep in my boots until I catch that water burglar.” Potato Kelly knew as much about fishing as Simon—and she bet that the fish, who had “the river in his fins and bones,” would not be caught.
So began the great battle between Simon Henry and the wily Oscar. Neighbors around Higgins Bend watched the contest and waited…until the night Simon Henry came up with his best bait. All of them were splashed with good times and laughter in that boisterous encounter—and some were changed.
Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Brad Sneed have joined forces to create an exuberant tale filled with fish bait and friendship and doused with river water.
Reviews
From Kirkus: “A meaty tale of the quest for an uncatchable fish named Oscar is told in folksy, irresistible language…The watercolor illustrations exaggerate as much as the text: Figures and landscapes sway with the artist’s lyrical lines…in a tale clearly fished from American waters.”
From School Library Journal: “…Simon Henry’s no-nonsense scowling face and the twinkle in Potato Kelly’s eye should not be missed.”
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