To Tim who has breathed life into these toads and the rest of our menagerie.
—DS
K
To Caleb, Grady, and Brylie
—TB
Text Copyright © 2019 Devin Scillian
Illustration Copyright © 2019 Tim Bowers
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner
without the express written consent of the publisher, except in the case of brief
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Scillian, Devin, author. | Bowers, Tim, illustrator.
Title: Back roads, country toads / written by Devin Scillian ; illustrated by Tim Bowers.
Description: Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2019] | Summary: “When
country toads, Hank and Buckaroo, hear some folks talking about going
‘fly-fishing,’ they know they have to tag along. What could be better than
fishing for flies?! So they stow away in a picnic basket and prepare for
the feast of their lives”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019010248 | ISBN 9781534110397 (hardcover)
Subjects: | CYAC: Toads—Fiction. | Fishing—Fiction. | Humorous stories.
Classification: LCC PZ7.S41269 Bac 2019 | DDC [E]—dc23
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