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Cork & Fuzz short and tall

The friendship between Cork, a muskrat, and Fuzz, a possum, is in trouble when Cork decides that since he is older, he has to be taller than Fuzz.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chaconas, Dori, 1938-
Other Authors:	McCue, Lisa (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Viking, 2006.
Series:	Viking easy-to-read.
Subjects:	Body size > Juvenile fiction. Opossums > Juvenile fiction. Muskrat > Juvenile fiction. Best friends > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Stories and more.
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Summary:	The friendship between Cork, a muskrat, and Fuzz, a possum, is in trouble when Cork decides that since he is older, he has to be taller than Fuzz.
Physical Description:	32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Audience:	Ages 6-9. 1.7.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection.
ISBN:	9780142415948 0142415944 0670059854 9780670059850
Author Notes:	Dori Chaconas was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1938. The second child in a family of seven, Dori fell into the role of storyteller, nursery rhyme singer, and general entertainer for her siblings. She claims she learned about story pacing early. If the story action lagged, her fidgety audience would either scatter or start a poking war. She has been married to Nick, her high school sweetheart, for 44 years. Everyone says the romance will last. They raised four daughters, and are now enjoying three grandsons-especially Grandpa, having been outnumbered by women all those years. When their daughters were young, Dori wrote for them. She published three picture books and more than fifty stories in children's magazines. In the 70's, her interest turned to yarn embroidery design and she sold designs to major needlework companies and national magazines. In 1997, Dori started writing stories again, partly to keep her grandsons from fidgeting or starting poking wars. Her stories reflect the warmth of family life. Dori gives credit to her parents for giving her a strong sense of family, and to her children and grandchildren for keeping it alive.