The Great Fuzz Frenzy honors

2006 Wanda Gag Book Award

2006 Notable Children's Book

 in the English Language Arts

 2007 Colorado Children's Book Award

2007 North Dakota Flicker Tail Award

2007 Vermont Red Clover Award

2007 Maine Chickadee Award

2008 Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award

2008 Nebraska Golden Sower Award

2008 New York Charlotte Award

2008 Maryland Black-eyed Susan Award

 

It all begins when Violet the dog drops her tennis ball down a prairie dog hole.  The fearful prairie dogs soon discover, thanks to little Pip Squeak, that the scary round "thing" isn't scary at all--it's FUZZY!   A fuzz frenzy erupts as the prairie dogs pull off the fuzz and adorn themselves with lime-green fuzzy creations, much to the disgust of Big Bark, the meanest dog in down.  Soon prairie dogs from all around hear of the fuzz and come to get their share.  But what happens when the fuzz runs out?

    THE GREAT FUZZ FRENZY by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel, illus. by Janet Stevens is the winner of the 2006 Wanda Gag Book Award. The citation, sponsored by the Curriculum Materials Center at Minnesota State University Moorhead, is for the best picture book of the year to read aloud to younger children. For more information on the award, go to the library's website:http://www.mnstate.edu/cmc/WandaGagBookAward.htm

 
 

*"The marvelously rendered mixed-media illustrations, with vivid blues, earthy browns, and that luminescent green, capture the true fuzzy nature and greenish glow of the ball.  As in the author's popular Tops and Bottoms (Harcourt, 1995), this book employs both horizontal and vertical spreads, effectively taking readers deep into the underground realm.  A wonderful addition for storyhours, this title will be requested again and again."

    -- School Library Journal
                                         *(starred review)