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Gr 1-4 "Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble" (1996) and "Aunt Nancy and Cousin Lazybones" (1998, both Candlewick) are two of the four stories in this collection. In the other two, the protagonist encounters Old Woeful, who has a little rain cloud hanging over her head, and Mister Death, a skeleton who wears a ruffly white shirtfront and carries a big gold watch. Parkins begins each selection with a full-color...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Picture books Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble and Aunt Nancy and Cousin Lazybones (both 1996) find second lives bound together with two new trickster stories in this beguiling collection, presented in a smaller trim size and illustrated mainly with silhouettes. The new tales find the indomitable Aunt Nancy facing off first against Old Woeful, a walking bag of misery who's determined to find the rain c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This beguiling collection features two previously published (as picture books) Aunt Nancy tales and two new trickster stories, in a sm...Log In or Sign Up to Read More