ILLUSTRATOR, HAS INVENTED ANOTHER STORY ABOUT THE WONDERFUL DENIZENS OF CORGIVILLE. THE ACTION IS BRISK, THE DETAILS OF BOTH TEXT AND ART CHARMING AND VIVID. HERE IS A BOOK ADULTS AND CHILDREN WILL WANT TO READ AND SAVOR REPEATEDLY.

　　TASHA TUDOR IS A MEMBER OF THE PANTHEON OF THE MOST PROLIFIC ILLUSTRATORS OF ALL TIME. SHE HAS WRITTEN, ILLUSTRATED, OR BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MORE THAN NINETY BOOKS DURING A CAREER THAT HAS SPANNED NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF A CENTURY.

　　WHILE MANY OF TASHA'S BOOKS ARE INTENDED FOR CHILDREN, THEY HAVE FOUND A WELCOMING AUDIENCE AMONG ADULTS AS WELL. MANY OF THESE SAME ADULTS HAVE ALSO BEEN INSPIRED BY TASHA'S UNIQUE VISION OF A LIFE LIVED IN THE STYLE OF THE 1830S.

　　AGE RANGE: 4 AND UP

　　GRADE LEVEL: PRESCHOOL AND UP

　　1997, FIRST EDITION

　　ISBN: 0.3.9

　　FROM KIRKUS REVIEW:

　　A DETECTABLE COMPANION TO THE CORGIVILLE FAIR (1971), IN WHICH TUDOR EMPLOYS CONVERSATIONAL PROSE TO REVISIT THE PASTORAL SETTING AND FARMYARD INHABITANTS OF THE ORIGINAL. CALEB CORGI TURNS DETERMINED DETECTIVE WITH THE KIDNAPPING OF BABE, ' ' THE BIGGEST ROOSTER ON EARTH WHO MADE A YEARLY SENSATION AT THE CORGIVILLE FAIR." THE SCOUNDRELS IN THIS CASE ARE RUMORED TO BE HIRAM RACKY AND HIS BAND OF EVIL RACCOON RADICALS, SOON TO BE OUTWITTED BY THE WELL-EDUCATED CALEB HIMSELF. COMPLETE WITH AN OLD-FASHIONED HOT-AIR BALLOON ESCAPE AND THE AID OF CHARLEY CROW, THE STORY FINDS BABE EATING AMARETTO BISCUITS ON HIS WAY BACK TO CORGIVILLE, WHERE A FULL-FLEDGED CELEBRATION AWAITS. WITHIN THIS ROUSING GOOD GUYS/BAD GUYS TALES ARE CHEEKY ANIMAL CHARACTERS OUTFITTED IN VESTS AND TOPCOATS, SOPHISTICATED HUMOR, NODS TO JULIA CHILD, GERTRUDE STEIN, AND OTHERS WHO WILL NOT BE KNOWN TO CHILDREN, BUT TUDOR'S DEVOTEES WILL LOVE THIS CAPER AND OTHERS WILL WANT TO GO UNEARTH THE FIRST WORK.