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| Author | Anne Renaud |
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| Illustrator | Felicita Sala |
| Genre | Picture book Children's literature |
| ISBN | 978-1-77138-619-7 |
Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament is a picture book written by Anne Renaud and illustrated by Felicita Sala, published by Kids Can Press in 2017. [1]
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Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament has received reviews from publications including The Globe and Mail , San Francisco Book Review, Kirkus Reviews , and School Library Journal . [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Bank Street College of Education included Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament in their 2018 "Best Children's Book's of the Year" list, [7] as did the Canadian Children's Book Centre. [1] The Ontario Library Association included it on their "OLA Best Bets" list. [1]
Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament won the 2018 Quebec Writers' Federation's Janet Savage Blachford Prize. [8]
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