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When their class tadpoles are big enough, Mr. Stricter tells his students they can keep just one. The class chooses Bruno, the smallest of the bunch. But Bruno doesn´t stay that way for long. Soon, he´s grown into a giant, classroom-wrecking creature: he eats desks, he farts for show-and-tell, and he sneezes slime all over everything! With Mr. Stricter blinded by love for the pet, the students must step up and take matters into their own heroic hands. This hilarious tale by debut picturebook author Anica Mrose Rissi, brilliantly illustrated by Zachariah OHora, will keep kids giggling page after page as the class comes together to solve one BIG problem.

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"[V]ery funny. . . . Mr. Stricter is a classic bumbler cut from Amelia Bedelia´s cloth."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

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Anica Mrose Rissi grew up on an island off the coast of Maine, where she read a lot of books and loved a lot of pets. She now tells and collects stories, makes up songs on her violin, and eats lots of cheese with her friends in Princeton, New Jersey. She is also the author of the Anna, Banana chapter-book series. Anica tweets about bookish things and her dog, Arugula, @anicarissi. Find out more at anicarissi.com.

Zachariah OHora is the illustrator of the New York Times best-selling book Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman. He is the author and illustrator of a number of award-winning books including the Huffington Post Best Childrens Book of 2013 No Fits Nilson!, and My Cousin Momo!, a Boston Globe Best Children´s Book of 2015. He lives in Narberth, PA with his wife and two sons. Visit him online at zohora.com or on Twitter @ZachariahOHora.

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