When Mama Opossum goes out foraging, all 10 of her joeys come along for the ride, clinging to her back. When she stumbles and falls, all 10 roll off in different directions. Readers are invited to join Mama Opossum in searching the nighttime forest. (\u201cThere\u2019s no time to lose. Let\u2019s get to work!\u201d) She finds Joey One singing silly songs with the porcupines, Joey Two sharing the raccoons\u2019 breakfast, Joey Three listening to Grandma Bat\u2019s stories, and so on. Readers encounter beavers, armadillos, skunks, flying squirrels, hares, white-tailed deer, and, finally, a great horned owl\u2014a predator from whom a joey requires rescuing. With all her joeys back on board, Mother Opossum returns to her hollow-tree burrow\u2026only to find one child too many in their midst. Somewhere along the line, she\u2019s picked up a young mouse\u2014the returning of which will be the opossums\u2019 next adventure. Gallois and Bobrek, who collaborated previously on Opossum Opposites\u00a0(2020), present a simple but magical tale rooted in nature\u2019s gentler aspects. Gallois narrates in engaging non-rhyming text, describing the creatures encountered and spurring young readers on to pick out the missing joey. Bobrek\u2019s illustrations\u2014a mix of single- and double-page spreads\u2014are dreamy and dark, full of animal personality. An addendum of opossum facts rounds out the story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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