"What's that smell in the Dell? It comes from a cheese, a great big cheese, a smelly, scrumptious cheese, if you please, made from the milk of a cantankerous cow--oh, wow! The one-horned, two-eared, three-legged Cowabunga!"
But the Cowabunga cheese has gone missing, and Sherlock Bones is on the case! That brainy bloodhound must use all five of his senses to track down the thief.
Children will have fun following the clues in this roll-off-your-tongue read-aloud inspired by the popular children's song "The Farmer in the Dell" and illustrated with Dorothy Donohue's lively signature cut-paper artwork.
Besides the books on which she has collaborated with Dorothy Donohue, Susan Stevens Crummel has also partnered with her sister, Janet Stevens, on The Great Fuzz Frenzy, And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon, Cook-a-Doodle-Doo!, and Jackalope. She lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with her husband Richard and her fluffy black cat Tweeter, who runs the house. They have three grown children. Learn more about the author at www.susanstevenscrummel.com.
Dorothy Donohue creates her picture books by cutting shapes of paper and gluing the shapes together to create an illustration. She uses various colors and textures in her papers as well as layering to create a three-dimensional effect. Ms. Donohue has also illustrated If Frogs Made Weather by Marion Bane Bauer and Maybe Yes, Maybe No, Maybe Maybe by Susan Patron. She lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband James, their two children, and their two dogs.
"A surefire hit with children, and clever enough for adults to enjoy." --School Library Journal
"A quick-draw of quick-witted guffaws. Guaranteed to get your goat and make readers grin." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Ten-Gallon Bart
"What fun this is to read aloud. Clever word play and delightful humor capture the spirit of the Wild West." --Children's Literature on Ten-Gallon Bart
"This story will keep kids cheering for Ten-Gallon Bart." --School Library Journal on Ten-Gallon Bart and the Wild West Show
"...the goofy humor will still draw [children] into Bart's world, where they'll find themselves cheering him on in his quest to become a star." --Booklist on Ten-Gallon Bart and the Wild West Show
"Crummel's cheeky narrative...and Donohue's quirky, textured layered-paper illustrations complement one another to a T." --Kirkus Reviews on Ten-Gallon Bart Beats the Heat