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Beats Me, Claude

written by Joan Lowery Nixon
illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson

Published by Viking
Hardcover ISBN 0-670-80781-8

  • Horn Book, starred review
  • Booklist, starred review

SUMMARY

Shirley and Claude, everyone’s favorite Texans are back. Everything is quiet in their cabin until Shirley attempts to make an apple pie for Claude. Who would suspect she’d end up using it to capture a few stray bank robbers and escaped criminals who show up at her door!

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Fat Chance, Claude

written by Joan Lowery Nixon
illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson

Published by Viking
Hardcover ISBN 0-670-81458-9

 SUMMARY

In this prequel to “Beats Me, Claude”, Shirley’s parents want her to marry Elmer Twaddle. Shirley would rather go to Colorado and hunt for gold. She goes off in search of gold and meets Claude along the trail. They also discover a little bit of trouble and a lot of laughs.

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You Bet Your Britches, Claude

written Joan Lowery Nixon
illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson

Published by Viking
Hardcover ISBN 0-670-82310-4

SUMMARY

Shirley and Claude lead a quiet life with their adopted son Tom. But when Shirley goes to town to retrieve Tom’s sister Bessie, they stir up a whole mess of trouble.

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That’s the Spirit, Claude

written by Joan Lowery Nixon
illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson

Published by Viking
Hardcover ISBN 0-670-83434-3

SUMMARY

It’s Christmastime in Texas, and little Bessie is ready for the arrival of Sandy Claus. She’s knit the biggest stocking this side of the Mississippi and she’s sure Sandy Claus will stuff it with goodies. Shirley and Claude have never seen Santa. Could it be that ol’ Sandy Claus doesn’t travel all the way to Texas

Interior Images

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Reviews

  • That's the Spirit, Claude "(This) is just the kind of tale that will make kids want to be getting into the whole reading' business."

    - Booklist

  • You Bet Your Britches, Claude "You bet your britches we hope this isn't their last adventure."

    - Horn Book

  • You Bet Your Britches, Claude "Nixon's telling is enticing and Bessie, stepping center stage, breathes new life into the series. As usual, Pearson's zesty watercolors are right on target, roping in all the fun."

    - Booklist

  • Fat Chance, Claude "In crisp, sure language laced with delightfully outrageous exaggeration, Nixon has spun a rub-tickling yarn with and underlying message about the value of friendship. Pearson's spirited illustrations double the hilarity and silly good fun."

    - Publishers Weekly

  • Beats Me, Claude "...will tickle readers' funny bones...this is silly, but oh, what fun."

    - School Library Journal

  • Beats Me, Claude "Nixon's outlandish yarn meets its match in Pearson's zesty pictures. The illustrator isa master at packing as much humor as humanly possible into her art...a slam bang good time."

    - Booklist

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