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32,100 | 11 | PreS--Sixteen selections included in My Very First Mother Goose (Candlewick, 1996) are presented in board-book format. The lively watercolor-and-ink illustrations are identical to the original and often larger, although some pictures have been omitted in a few instances to avoid overcrowding the smaller space. Each rhy... | [] | Train |
32,101 | 0 | In 1225, Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)--Italian founder of the Franciscan order of monks and a notorious nature lover--wrote "The Canticle of the Sun," an incantatory hymn of praise for all creation. Poet Reeve Lindbergh--daughter of aviator Charles Lindbergh and poet Anne Morrow Lindbergh--has gently respun part... | [
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32,102 | 10 | In his fifth book about Willy the chimp, Browne gives a smart, playful nod to Magritte, Rousseau, Dali and other artists whose paintings were often more the stuff of dreams than of real life. Browne's whimsical borrowings and witty visual puns stretch this volume's appeal far beyond the typical picture-book audience. A... | [
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32,103 | 18 | Anton Powell is a leading author of books on the ancient Greeks for young readers. "Building glistening temples or warring with Sparta was not always 'ancient history.' It was once breaking newsand that is how it is told in THE GREEK NEWS."; Title: History News: The Greek News | [
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32,104 | 0 | The Boy Who Cried Wolf0; Title: The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Rigby PM Collection Purple: Student Reader) | [
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32,105 | 2 | Good news for babies everywhere! Literature and lore expert Iona Opie and the indomitable Rosemary Wells have teamed up to create a series of Mother Goose books in a sturdy, cardboard-paged, gnaw-proof format. In Humpty Dumpty and Other Rhymes, eight favorite rhymes are delightfully illustrated, from "Humpty Dumpty" to... | [
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32,106 | 13 | Amy Hest is a terrible artist. "Whenever children ask me why I don't illustrate my own books, I draw a dog for them. And they always say, 'Nice chicken, Mrs. Hest.' But I would love to be an artist, and perhaps that is why I wrote a story about someone who draws." Amy Hest lives in New York City.Sheila White Samton als... | [
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32,107 | 0 | Drawing upon standard adventure-fantasy conventions?an isolated island, a secret room, a mysterious key?first-time novelist Rupp crafts a series of genial if not altogether original stories-within-a-story. Hannah (12), Zachary (10) and Sarah Emily (eight and a half) travel with their mystery-writing mother to Great-gre... | [
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32,108 | 0 | "May every creature abound in well-being and peace." (Buddhist)Around the world and throughout time, people have found words for comfort, strength, rejoicing, and mourning. Prayers, proverbs, poems, songs--every culture has these simple gifts. In this beautiful, oversized volume, Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of Anne Morro... | [
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32,109 | 2 | Jane Cowen-Fletcher began work on BABY ANGELS after her daughter, Jo, was born. She says, "Some babies, like Jo, seem to need more than one angel. As she grew and began to go wherever her boundless curiosity led her, she put her angels through their paces." BABY ANGELS, she adds, "is intended to say to i... | [
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32,110 | 2 | Coleman was the first licensed African American aviator, and the story of her perseverance is told in verse. "Lustrous, appealingly primitive acrylic art effectively conveys a sense of the '20s," said PW. Ages 5-up. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of aviator Charles Lindbergh and... | [
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32,111 | 1 | Forget the birds and the bees--frog spawn is where it's at! When a little girl and her mother read a story about a frog that grows bigger and bigger and bigger, they decide to watch some real frogs growing. Armed with a bucket, they head to a nearby pond and scoop up some of the "gray jelly stuff" floating on top. ("Yu... | [
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32,112 | 18 | Grade 5 Up-Using a newspaper format to present history and facts about Viking and Stone Age life is an ingenious and entertaining vehicle to grab readers' attention and inform them. Society pages, religious news, real estate, etc., illustrate many aspects of ancient life in clever, humorous ways. "A Cave of My Own" pro... | [] | Validation |
32,113 | 2 | The creators of It's Perfectly Normal, targeted to middle-schoolers, here reach out to a slightly younger audience with candor and humor, neatly distilling various aspects of sex, reproduction and love. An inquisitive, loquacious bird and an embarrassed bee act as comic and straight man and serve as diverting foils to ... | [
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32,114 | 11 | Lasky (A Brilliant Streak: The Making of Mark Twain; Science Fair Bunnies, reviewed above) chronicles the life of Sarah Breedlove Walker, who was born in 1870 in Louisiana to former slaves and became the richest African-American woman of her times and a major philanthropist. Her childhood was marked by dire hardships: ... | [
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32,115 | 0 | In this crafty story of a cross-country race called "The Great Divide," numerical division accounts for the narrowing of the field. Eighty costumed competitors (in 10 groups of eight) begin the event on bicycles, but only half of them ford a rocky red canyon to continue: "On with the race./ Head for a boat!/ Forty race... | [
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32,116 | 1 | If you know Flora McDonnell's award-winning work through Flora McDonnell's ABC, I Love Boats, or I Love Animals, then you're already familiar with her bright, uncluttered, kid-friendly illustrations. Splash begins with two Indian elephants on a sun-soaked yellow background. "Hot, hot, hot! The elephants are hot!" the f... | [
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32,117 | 0 | Grade 2-4?This narrative of 13-year-old Jessie's journey from a poor village in Eastern Europe to New York City at the turn of the century affords readers a panoramic view of events and people. The author's exploration of a variety of emotions and feelings provides modern youngsters with a sense of connections with tim... | [
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32,118 | 2 | Reprising the family first introduced in Happy Birth Day!, Harris and Emberley return with another sensitive and visually sumptuous portrayal of a domestic milestone: the arrival of a second child. This time it's the father who narrates, as he tells the book's heroine, an unnamed preschooler, about how she reacted to h... | [
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32,119 | 7 | Three young mice brave the monster (that is, the cat) who lives in the dark at the top of the stairs. "Perfectly captur[es] the edgy glee and derring-do of a trip to dangerous territory," said PW. Ages 4-up.- the edgy glee and derring-do of a trip to dangerous territory," said PW. Ages 4-up. Copyright 1998 Reed Busines... | [
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32,120 | 2 | These stars from Ladybug magazine cavort through the calendar year. "In a playful, comic-strip-like style, Hafner shows the tender and fun ups and downs of a pet and owner devoted to each other," said PW. Ages 5-7. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.A young girl named Molly and her big orange cat named Emmet... | [
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32,121 | 13 | Grade 2-6-The success of Williams's Greek Myths for Young Children (Candlewick, 1992) is no surprise to those whose first exposure to the classics through "Classic Comics" led to a comfortable and even enthusiastic view of literature. The lively cartoon format never overwhelms the clear progress of the stories. While t... | [
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32,122 | 13 | Grade 5-8-Fleischman expands the choir in this new collection of poems for multiple readers. Four voices intertwine to narrate the three amusing scenarios. Rhythmic refrains define "The Quiet Evenings Here," with "Sister hummin'," "Grandpa strummin'," "Grandma rockin'," and the "Clock tick-tockin'." Once readers get th... | [
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32,123 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 2-These picture books introduce scientific concepts in story format. The texts are both informational and entertaining as a little boy named Sam converses with his mother about what happens to his food and then about his cold and the role germs play. Children should relate to the nontechnical way the... | [
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32,124 | 1 | Kindergarten-Grade 4-As a read-aloud, The Wind in the Willows has daunted many well-intentioned adults. This companion volume to The River Bank (Candlewick, 1996) will serve those same readers well. Moore's editing of Grahame's text preserves the fun, the action, and the characters while leaving much of the description... | [
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32,125 | 1 | The heroes of Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? and Let's Go Home, Little Bear return to clean house and play games together. In a starred review, PW called them "the most bewitching bruins to hit the printed page since Paddington and Pooh." Ages 2-5. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.Martin Waddell wrote YOU A... | [
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32,126 | 0 | Starred Review. As the in-your-face title implies, the poems in Janeczko and Raschka's collection (following their A Kick in the Head) are not complacent, although plenty are funny and some are familiar, like the irresistible Jabberwocky and the singsong chanting of Macbeth's witches. Punchy collages flutter across air... | [
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32,127 | 2 | The comfortable conversations between a boy and his grandfather become the springboard for exploring ideas about prayer in this poignant picture book. On their walks together in the woods, Grandad tells the boy that trees, rocks and streams pray, as sure as people do: "The tall grass prays as it waves its arms beneath ... | [
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32,128 | 2 | Ages 2-5. This delicately illustrated lullaby imagines what Mary might have sung to Jesus in the manger. Each page, addressed to the newborn, describes how an abundant world of animals and plants celebrates the child's birth: "Cherry tree / With branches bending / Offers cherries / Ripe and red. / Spider spins / A silk... | [
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32,129 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 3-A wonderful, poetic portrait. A little girl finds a kindred spirit in her grandmother, who grows vegetables, drives a purple bus, pickets city hall, plays banjo, and has a cat named Woodstock. When the woman lists all the exciting career possibilities her granddaughter will have when she grows up, ... | [
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32,130 | 2 | Baby Duck makes her series debut in a tender, funny story with bright, affectionately detailed art. Ages 3-6. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: In the Rain with Baby Duck | [
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32,131 | 2 | reS-Gr 1-Young Alex's parents are divorced, and he spends time with each of them. He has two rooms, two favorite chairs, two sets of friends, two of everything. He loves both of them no matter where he is, and they love him, no matter where they are. The ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations are comforting and war... | [
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32,132 | 2 | What if one day you and your siblings shrunk down to a tiny, tiny size, crept out under a crack in the door, and went to live in a snail house... on the back of a moving snail? That's precisely what happens in Allan Ahlberg and illustrator Gillian Tyler's quiet, lovely picture book The Snail House, told in a folksy, st... | [
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32,133 | 13 | As in Howdi Do, Radunsky provides guileless visual accompaniment to the late Guthrie's whimsical lyrics. Howdi's central figure, an enthusiastic yellow dog reappears (along with his striped cat sidekick), in the company of two children. To the words, "You bring a board and I'll bring a saw,/ And we'll build a house for... | [
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32,134 | 11 | Kindergarten-Grade 3. This graceful retelling of the familiar folktale follows the basic, traditional thread of the story. Ray's choice of words and images is always lucid and precise, and the story reads well aloud, although its length is more suited to independent reading. The sumptuous, textured illustrations carry ... | [
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32,135 | 1 | In a rollicking, tongue-in-cheek entree to the entomological world, Damselfly Dilly uncovers a plot by a group of sinister spiders who hold a "bugliest bug" contest and secretly plan to consume the credulous contestants. "A ladybug curtsied, tumblebugs flipped, The judges applauded, then licked their lips." The steady ... | [
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32,136 | 16 | Sidney Lippman says, "Making an illustrated children's book out of the song is such a natural idea that I'm amazed the process wasn't reversedthat the children's book didn't come first, followed by the song."Martha Alexander says, "I've never had so much fun illustrating a book. My editor and art director said, 'No lim... | [
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32,137 | 8 | Kellogg (Paul Bunyan; Johnny Appleseed) here serves up a rollicking farce inspired by a selection from Joseph Jacobs's 19th-century English Fairy Tales, with roots in the Brothers Grimm's "Clever Else." The narrative tells of a gentleman who is courting a farmer's daughter. When first the suitor's sweetheart, then her ... | [
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32,138 | 15 | Alderson's (The Swan's Stories) retelling of a traditional English tale is seasoned with casual, homespun phrases from its opening page: "Once, a good time ago, there was an old farmer. He lived in a ramshackle cottage, with a few chickens and suchlike, and he looked after a few fields." When the farmer grows an enormo... | [
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32,139 | 0 | "My first day at school to-day. Funny sort of day. Didn't seem to learn much. Seemed all we did was play. Then teacher wrote some letters On a board all painted black, And then we had a story and... I don't think I'll go back." Sure, Mama said there'll be days like this, but little did she know they could be so perfect... | [
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32,140 | 2 | PreSchool-This short, funny book is full of pop-up, lift-the-flap, and pull-the-tab surprises. Just when parents think they've heard every possible excuse for putting off bedtime, there are some new ones: there's "a boa in the bathroom" (it's actually coiled up in the toilet, and pops up when the lid is lifted), "a sku... | [
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32,141 | 11 | PreSchool-Grade 1-One Monday, little Bonnie Bumble discovers that her pussy willow has blossomed with live pussycats, all loudly meowing and disturbing the barnyard animals. She tries to soothe them with food, catnip, petting, brushing, and a ball of yarn, but to no avail. Finally, baby bottles taken from the milkweed ... | [
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32,142 | 2 | As bedtime approaches the forest, settling down seems out of the question for a trio of bear cubs, while a quartet of young rabbits insist, "We're still peek-a-booing." As twilight's first stars appear, wise old Grandma Owl takes over. She knows there's nothing more soporific than a bedtime story, and she's barely gott... | [
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32,143 | 0 | One spunky monkey scampers through this lighthearted book, in which impeccably paired collaborators Ahlberg and Amstutz (The Ghost Train; Mystery Tour) prove uproariously true the adage "monkey see, monkey do." This perceptive little primate manages to do a great deal after letting himself out of his cage with the zook... | [] | Train |
32,144 | 5 | As in her earlier works, Williams's (The Iliad and the Odyssey; Greek Myths for Young Children) comic-strip style pictures--riddled with silly asides and puns--put a playful spin on myth, making potentially unwieldy material accessible. Captions under each picture recount the tale, while thought balloons inject irony a... | [
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32,145 | 2 | The first day of third grade puts Judy Moody in a mad-face mood. She just knows everyone will come back from summer vacation with word T-shirts, like "Disney World" or "Jamestown: Home of Pocahontas." All Judy has is a plain old no-words T-shirt. She'll have to go to a new classroom, with a new desk, and she won't have... | [
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32,146 | 2 | Can you imagine spending a freezing cold Antarctic winter outside, with no food for miles around--maybe even a hundred miles? This is what the male emperor penguin does. After his mate has laid her egg, she takes off for the ocean where she swims about, getting plump on squid and fish, while Papa stands around keeping ... | [
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32,147 | 14 | Ruby's friends think her as precious as the gem she's named after in this deft tale of generosity, compassion and love. An aging donkey no longer able to grow a warm winter coat, Ruby faces her last days in icy misery. But the donkey's woodland pals literally give of themselves to weave Ruby a warm, colorful coat. To b... | [
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32,148 | 2 | Young Bartholomew ("Ba") is entirely out of sorts in Miller's (On Your Potty!; Be Gentle!) latest on-target tale starring the endearing duo Ba and George. On a winter's walk with big bear George, Ba's ears are cold and his legs feel "too stumpy"; back home, his porridge is "too lumpy" and "his tummy too plumpy." Though... | [
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32,149 | 1 | PreS In the first story, Maisy tries to come up with a unique dress-up idea for Tallulah's costume party. All of her friends have already arrived when, "In comes a zebra. Oh, it's Maisy!" In the second title, the endearing white mouse gathers the ingredients she needs and makes gingerbread cookies. As she's cleaning up... | [
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32,150 | 0 | Grade 2-5-This is a slightly different version of the story than the one with which most readers are familiar. Most notably, there is no daughter whom Midas turns into gold. While the omission of this important character lessens the poignancy of the tale, Mark retells the story with a poet's voice. For example, she des... | [
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32,151 | 16 | The first page of Robert Crowther's delightful, interactive pop-up book is pure white, with the big black letters a and b looking perfectly innocent. Tug on the up arrow, however, and a playful, cartoonish ape swings down from the letter, revealing the word ape. Pull the down arrow on b, and a bear peeks through the mi... | [
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32,152 | 11 | PreS--These two board-book spin-offs each present eight rhymes selected from Opie's My Very First Mother Goose (Candlewick, 1996). The smaller format with colored pages is congenial, though the reduction of the art and the elimination of details from the much larger volume sometimes create a sense of vagueness about th... | [
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32,153 | 15 | Gr 3-6-Large, clear, informative photos draw readers into this look at attempts to save the endangered Kemp's ridley turtle. Beginning with a 10-year-old boy who finds a nearly dead turtle during his patrol on a Cape Cod beach on a cold November day, Lasky details the efforts of a team of veterinarians, marine biologis... | [
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32,154 | 13 | Glimpsed imagining himself as a painter in Willy the Dreamer, Browne's versatile chimp now takes up the palette in perhaps his most intriguing outing yet. Willy presents his versions of 16-plus familiar masterpieces, working his own imageDand a sophisticated, quirky humorDinto each. Refashioning Winslow Homer's rather ... | [
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32,155 | 2 | This sequel to Judy Moody handily matches the original in zip and wit, portraying the spunky Judy in her quest for recognition. Famous for her changeable moods, the third-grader wants to become just plain famous after her arch rival, Jessica, wins a spelling contest to earn the title of Queen Bee, an honor accompanied ... | [
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32,156 | 2 | PreS-Gr 1 Sweet Maisy the mouse returns in familiar, primary-colored gouaches heavily outlined in black. In the first book, she gets ready for bed, finds her misplaced Panda, and, at the last minute, the pair remember to use the toilet. The second book is a real charmer. Maisy's pal Tallulah helps set up and repair a w... | [
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32,157 | 18 | Celebrating the deep strength and resilience of African American slaves over centuries of miserable oppression, Doreen Rappaport gathers stories, songs, and poetry in this stunning compilation. The quest for freedom and dignity drove many slaves to push themselves beyond what most humans could bear: enduring brutal bea... | [
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32,158 | 15 | A luscious blend of cool blues and verdant greens lights up the pages of this poetic picture book, which traces the course of a river from its source in the mountains to the sea. Hooper's (The Pebble in My Pocket) lyrical use of language emulates the rhythms of the river. Beginning with the languid, soothing sounds of ... | [
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32,159 | 18 | Andrew Langley, the author of many nonfiction books for children and adults, believes that "children's nonfiction should be exciting as well as informative, allowing for some free rein to the imagination."; Title: History News: The Roman News | [
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32,160 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 2This is the first Chanukah since Selma's mother died, and she and her younger sister carefully follow all of Mama's traditions as they polish the menorah and tell Papa exactly how the latkes should be made. When they turn out fat, brown, and lumpy instead of light and crisp, Selma can't be brave any... | [
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32,161 | 1 | Inhabitants of the Wide World, on the other side of the Wild Wood, have known for nearly a century the joys and trials (some of them of the courtroom variety!) of the residents of the River Bank. Loyal Mole, impetuous Mr. Toad, kind Rat, reclusive Badger, and the others make their way through the days "messing about" i... | [
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32,162 | 2 | Gr 8 Up-In allowing the words of teens from across the nation to shine through, without polishing or pushing, Franco has succeeded in compiling one of the brightest collections out there today. In a mixture of prose and poetry, the young women express their fears, dreams, relationships, and angst. There are some poetic... | [
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32,163 | 2 | K-Gr 2-This plaintive tale of two friends always searching for the best way to find the "big" catch of fish is a homey piece of nostalgia. The two boys yearn to be out on the water fishing, instead of at the dock, and talk about building a raft. The narrator finally convinces his pal that they can do it. Railroad ties ... | [
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32,164 | 12 | In a starred review of this anthology of stories about growing up, PW wrote, "Fans of all ages will savor these perceptively chosen, affectingly disclosed episodes from the lives of their favorite writers." The writers include Mary Pope Osborne, Katherine Paterson, Avi, Walter Dean Myers and Francesca Lia Block. Ages 9... | [
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32,165 | 20 | Often breathtaking watercolor-and-collage illustrations by Holly Meade illuminate On Morning Wings by Reeve Lindbergh, a verse adaptation of Psalm 139 that previously appeared in Lindbergh's In Every Tiny Grain of Sand: A Child's Book of Prayers and Praise (2000). Meade's visual story line shows four children spending ... | [
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32,166 | 15 | PreSchool-Bonnie Bumble is sad because the rain has taken all of the blue out of the sky and deposited it on the animals on her farm. She sets out to fix the situation and paints each creature its proper color. A rainbow appears at the end, but not where readers would expect it. Root's story is slight, with just enough... | [
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32,167 | 2 | Through their joint efforts, Little Goosey and Big Gander Goose find protection from an approaching storm. In a starred review, PW wrote, "McBratney has a gift for zeroing in on childhood's universal longings." Ages 2-up. (Apr.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.Sam McBratney is the author of the best-selli... | [
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32,168 | 2 | Robie H. Harris says, "This is a story my children asked me to tell them over and over again when they were young. I think they loved hearing about all the things they could do on the day they were born."Michael Emberley attended two births to prepare his illustrations for HAPPY BIRTH DAY! "It was amazing," he says. "A... | [
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32,169 | 0 | Grade 3-9Following on the heels of their delightful introduction to concrete poetry, A Poke in the I (Candlewick, 2001), Janeczko and Raschka now join forces to explore poetic forms. An introduction presents an easy-to-swallow rationale for the many rules to follow, likening the restrictions to those found in sports: i... | [
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32,170 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 1-When a gift arrives for Grandma in a large brown box, a girl and her mother wrap it and the child sets off to deliver it. She uses her lively imagination to transform the carton into a car, a boat, an airplane, and a subway. At last, on her own two feet, the youngster arrives at Grandma's door. The wo... | [
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32,171 | 8 | Kindergarten-Grade 3-Farjeon's story, originally published in her collection Martin Pippin in the Daisy-Field (Lippincott, 1937), makes a lovely picture book. Elsie Piddock is a remarkable child, a born skipper. Andy-Spandy, the fairies' Skipping Master, bestows her with a magic skipping rope. As years pass, Elsie Pidd... | [
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32,172 | 13 | In this wittily irreverent picture-book biography, the legendary baroque composer is vividly brought to life. "You'd have to be sure of yourself to wear a wig that gigantic," the author points out archly on the first page, commenting on an accompanying portrait of George Frideric himself. Meanwhile, perched above the o... | [
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32,173 | 0 | Iona and Peter Opie were married in 1943 and worked together for nearly forty years, studying and writing about childrens lore and literature until Peters death in 1982. Among their collaborations is The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. Iona Opie lives in England.Maurice Sendak has created texts and illustrations f... | [
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32,174 | 0 | Inspired by a 19th-century fairy tale, this story features a gentleman who sets out to find three sillies even sillier than the family whose daughter he is courting. PW called it "a rollicking farce." Ages 4-8. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Steven Kello... | [
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32,175 | 1 | Airy, light-infused chalk pastels illuminate this tender tale-within-a-tale of a girl, her mother and a stray rescued one cold, wintry night. Curled up in her house by the sea, Charlotte asks her mother to tell her again about that eventful night when, coming home in their car, the child was convinced she spied two bri... | [] | Train |
32,176 | 16 | Anita Jeram says, "Small children don't realize how dependent they are on their parents until they lose contact with them. It doesn't matter if they're only one aisle over in the supermarketit feels like a hundred miles away. The world seems a much bigger and scarier place when you're disconnected from the ones who lov... | [
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32,177 | 16 | PreSchool-Grade 1 Sweet Maisy the mouse returns in familiar, primary-colored gouaches heavily outlined in black. In the first book, she gets ready for bed, finds her misplaced Panda, and, at the last minute, the pair remember to use the toilet. The second book is a real charmer. Maisy's pal Tallulah helps set up and re... | [
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32,178 | 0 | Maisy the mouse and her friends Cyril, Charley, and Tallulah have a busy day of gardening, painting pictures, cleaning the playroom, and romping at the playground. Young readers can lift the flaps--all 36 of 'em--to learn about numbers, colors, shapes, and opposites as the pals go about their day. What objects in the p... | [
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32,179 | 16 | Billed by the publisher as the biggest-ever Maisy book, this busy, oversize title is a preschooler's delight. As in Maisy's Big Flap Book (2001), there's no storyjust an explosion of words and corresponding pictures, and sturdy flaps on each spread add to the interactive fun. With headings such as Getting Dressed and T... | [
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32,180 | 18 | Kindergarten-Grade 3Wood offers a slice of family history that exemplifies the intertwining of generations through tradition. On a visit to his great-aunt Mary's house, young Douglas is given the task of watering a large rosebush that was originally planted by his great-great grandfather and tended by four generations ... | [
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32,181 | 0 | Will the family's rapidly deteriorating jalopy survive the ride to the lake? Junie, Jakie, the baby and Poppa are so set on a swim to cool off that they're determined their rattletrap car won't disappoint them. Each time the car breaks down which Root evokes with a rousing and ever-growing chorus of onomatopoeia a fami... | [
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32,182 | 2 | Hest (the Baby Duck books) and Muth (Stone Soup) eloquently capture a friendship between two neighbors in the span of a morning wait for the school bus. First grader Harry and Mr. George Baker ("He's a hundred years old, no kidding," the boy claims), an African-American jazz drummer ("some people say he's famous"), sha... | [
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32,183 | 2 | Grade 7 Up-Through these mostly free-verse lines, the hopes, dreams, fears, and desires of young men from different cultures and backgrounds shine through. They pull no punches with their words in these openly honest, raw, and sometimes tender selections. They talk about what you'd expect-drugs, girls, AIDS, sex, paren... | [
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32,184 | 2 | When cartoonist Jules Feiffer was little, he thought parents were scary. Florence Parry Heide's main fear was that she'd never learn how to be a real life grownup. (She never did, she says.) So, years later, these two star creators of children's books have teamed up to confront the things that go bump in the night (or ... | [
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32,185 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2-This cozy rhyming story makes a complete circle as it looks at different types of "nests" in nature. It opens with a young boy at bedtime, then moves out into the world to describe how a mouse nestles in an old garden glove, a chipmunk sleeps in a brush pile, fish rest in brooks and oceans, boats find... | [
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32,186 | 2 | PreSchool-Maisy's fans will not be disappointed by either of these titles. In Bus, a simple concept book, the little mouse proves to be a very responsible driver. At each of the first four stops, she picks up an animal friend. At the fifth, she drops them all off, making sure she doesn't leave anyone behind. While Mais... | [
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32,187 | 1 | Roll up your sleeves and get ready to help Maisy and her friends run the farm! In this elaborate pop-up and play set, the covers of what looks like a regular hardcover book fold back all the way to reveal four quadrants that make up Maisy the mouse's farm. Children can play with press-out characters, animals, tools, an... | [
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32,188 | 11 | PreSchool-Grade 5As posters advertising the world-renowned Garibaldi circus are put up along a busy city block, a girl waiting for a bus watches the circus of everyday life unfold. There is no actual text to the book, just the words of store signs, a scrolling theater marquee, and the show bills. What the girl imagines... | [
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32,189 | 1 | Guess where Maisy the mouse lives. Does she live in the pigpen? "Oink! The pigs live here." Does she live in the hen house? "Cluck! The hens live here." Does she live in the stable? "Neigh! The horses live here." With large, sturdy flaps, this pint-sized board book will appeal to every toddler's giggly sense of humor. ... | [
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32,190 | 0 | Who would have guessed one could identify so closely with a worm? In the four eight-page stories of Wow, It's Worm!, this green-striped invertebrate's small daily adventures are entirely recognizable to any young human reader. In one story, Worm compares himself to his friends and decides he's just right the way he is.... | [
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32,191 | 0 | Repetition and endearing protagonists will make these titles appealing to the earliest readers. Tips to aid parents in helping their new readers are included.School Library JournalWith thoughtfully produced readers designed for building confidence in children just starting to read, this series offers an intuitive text-... | [
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32,192 | 6 | Based on the characters created by Martin Handford, Where's Waldo? Plundering Pirates and Where's Waldo? Fighting Knights by Rachel Wright are two new books in the Where's Waldo? Fun Fact Book series. Each volume brims with facts and adventures. Readers come "face to face" with "vile villains" from the Mediterranean Se... | [
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32,193 | 0 | Starred Review. PreSA beautifully crafted, oversized anthology of approximately 60 lap rhymes, songs, clapping rhymes, and finger and foot rhymes, all presented with explanations and simple instructions for parents to play with their babies and toddlers. Most are familiar, but there are also a few that are less well kn... | [
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32,194 | 2 | "Who's that hiding under the table?" Maisy and her friends are playing hide-and-seek. Share in Maisy's delight as she finds Charlie the crocodile (in plaid Bermuda shorts!) under the bed, Cyril the squirrel behind the shower curtain, and Eddie the elephant squeezed into the closet. Each big, easy-to-grip flap lifts to ... | [
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32,195 | 6 | Grade 4-8-A wonderful guide to secret writing. Janeczko relates how different codes came to be and why they were needed, and gives some historical examples. The book also contains information and exercises (with answers) on deciphering codes and provides children with the tools to make their own field kit. In addition ... | [
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32,196 | 2 | In this followup to the team's Kiss Good Night, bear cub Sam comes down with a cough "Hck, hck!" he hacks and is doted upon by his unflappable mother. If Sam can steel himself to take his cough medicine ("Tastes bad," he says, before his mother even pours out the syrup. "I don't have a cough"), then Mrs. Bear will rewa... | [
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32,197 | 13 | Kindergarten-Grade 3Raised by her somber father, Clara is enchanted by her grandmother's joyful stories about her mother's dancing. After Granny's death, her father becomes even more withdrawn, keeping the curtains closed and discouraging music. One summer a troupe of musicians and dancers arrives in the village. The e... | [
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32,198 | 0 | It's one of childhood's most time-honored pursuits: counting cars while waiting at a train crossing. Celebrated poet Philip Booth has captured its appeal and unmistakable cadence with precision and wit, backed by the vibrant, nostalgic illustrations of Moscow-trained first-timer Bagram Ibatoulline.The poem "Crossing" f... | [
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32,199 | 5 | In this sassy creation myth that tweaks the first chapter of Genesis, Big Momma "roll[s] up her sleeves" and gets down to business ("Wasn't easy, either, with that little baby sitting on her hip"). " `Light,' said Big Momma. And you better believe there was light.' " Here Oxenbury shows mother and child jubilantly emer... | [
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