Review by Booklist Review
Ages 5^-8, younger for reading aloud. The playful protagonist of Way Out West Lives a Coyote Named Frank (1993) returns, this time to find a new friend when an old one departs. Next-door neighbors and best buddies, Frank and Angelina do everything together, from learning about cactus thorns to howling at the moon. Then Angelina's family moves away, and Frank quickly discovers that counting cloud bunnies and tickling tarantulas just isn't the same. Enter a new coyote family with a cub named Larry, and before long, the sun shines again. Actually, the sun is generally shining: even the night scenes are brightly lit in Lund's rocky, cactus-strewn desert vistas. Sporting brightly patterned bandannas, the coyotes caper comically, whether they are mugging at a grumpy puma or hamming up the nightly howl. Frank doesn't forget Angelina, but he learns that his new friend can be just as much fun. It's gently delivered consolation, with plenty of giggle-inducing visual jokes. --John Peters
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-A sweet, warm story that deals with the loss of one friendship and the creation of another. Lund continues the story of the coyote from Way Out West Lives a Coyote Named Frank (Dutton, 1993). Frank and Angelina have been best friends for a long time. When her family moves away, he misses her, but also learns to make new friends without expecting everything to be the same. He finds that Larry (the new coyote in town) is also "one of a kind" in a totally different way. The text and pictures work together in an unusual way. Lund includes details about life out West without actually defining new vocabulary words. The pictures illustrate references to such Western animals as pumas, javelinas, and coatimundis, with which many readers may not be familiar. The artwork also gives a sense of the desert environment. The author's text is spare enough to make this a great storytime offering, but it is also a good book to share with one or two children on a lap. All in all, a well-done title with lots of personality.-Susan Marie Pitard, Weezie Library for Children, Nantucket Atheneum, MA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Pleasing pastel-colored art accompanies this simple story about a coyote named Frank whose best friend Angelina moves away. After a few weeks of missing her, Frank finds a new friend in Larry, a coyote who moves into the den next door. Though the premise isn't original, Lund's book has some appeal in its southwestern desert setting. From HORN BOOK Spring 2000, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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