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PreS-Gr 2 One snowy day in Maine, the stork delivers an enormous newborn to an astounded family. Narrated in a laconic New Englander's style by his sister, this episodic look at the gigantic baby's first year of life is milked for every ounce of its illustrative worth. Diaper changing requires hazmat suits, fire hoses, and talcum powder dispensed via ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"That's a wicked big toddlah ya got theyah," observes Uncle Bert, with classic Maine understatement: "Toddie" is as huge as that other plus-size phenomenon, Paul Bunyan. Toddie's sister Jessie describes his first year in the same laconic tone: "Takin' care of Toddie keeps everybody busy, especially when it's time to change the diaper. Whew!" Meanwhile, however, Hawkes develops the tall-tale logic for all it's worth in ill...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"That's a wicked big toddlah ya got theyah," observes Uncle Bert, with classic Maine understatement: "Toddie" is as huge a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More