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THE GREAT FUZZ FRENZY

Written by
JANET STEVENS and
SUSAN STEVENS CRUMMEL

Illustrated by
JANET STEVENS

Harcourt, Inc.
Orlando Austin New York San Diego Toronto London

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"Violet! No!"

"WOOF!"

Text copyright © 2005 by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
Illustrations copyright © 2005 by Janet Stevens

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stevens, Janet.
The Great Fuzz Frenzy/written by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel;
illustrated by Janet Stevens,
p. cm.
Summary: When a tennis ball lands in a prairie-dog town, the residents
find that their newfound frenzy for fuzz creates a fiasco.
[I. Prairie dogs—Fiction. 2. Balls (Sporting goods)—Fiction.
3. Greed—Fiction. 4. Humorous stories.]
. Crummel, Susan Stevens. II. Title.
P?7S84453Fu 2005
[E]—dc22 2004022063
ISBN 0-15-204626-7

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Manufactured in China

The Illustrations in this book were done in mixed media
on watercolor paper.
The display type was set in OPTIFantastik.
The text type was set in OPTIMajerlrregular.
Color separations by Colourscan Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Manufactured by South China Printing Company, Ltd., China
This book was printed on totally chlorine-free Stora Enso Matte paper.
Production supervision by Ginger Boyer
Designed by Lydia D'moch

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"Violet! where's the ball?"

For my fellow fuzz-pickers:
Ted, Lindsey,
Dani, and Jackie
—J. S.

For my husband, Richard,
who has laughed at my jokes
for more than thirty years
—S. S. C.