Mr. and Mrs.

Raccoon are
worried about their son, Ralph.

His behavior is just awful; he s

thoughtful, clean and tidy, an

terribly polite-he even says

.•please” and “thank you"'- How

will he ever become a great

raccoon bandit like Grandpa ^
Cutlass or Uncle Vhiskers? its

time to send Ralph to Bandit

School.

Ralph may not fit in with the

bigger, bolder, really bad raccoons
at first, and he may not be a model
bandit student, but he just might

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humped into a flustered-looking poodle.
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raccoon,” said the poodle,
and gave him pawfuls
of sticky sweets.

Excuse me, can I help you? He put the sweets

asked Ralph politely.
in his sack and
"My HAIR!” she wailed. walked on.

“It’s a disaster!”

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How kind!" said the family,

and they gave Ralph
lots of yummy goodies

t0ln their Picnic hamper.

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in his sack and walked on.
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to his collection and turned toward school.

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 graduated from Brighton University In

England with a BA in illustration and

now lives in a tiny Cotswold village with

a blacksmith named Ben and a crazy,

long-legged dog named Ren. She is

also the author and illustrator of Erroll

and Sneaky Weasel, which received

starred reviews from School Library

Journal and Publishers Weekly

To learn more about Hannah, please

visit hannahshawillustrator.co.uk.

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Praise for
Sneaky Weasel by Hannah Shaw
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