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The designer of Bob the Builder, creator of Frankenstein's Cat and Raa Raa the Noisy Lion, and the author/illustrator of numerous children's books, Curtis Jobling lives with his family in Cheshire, England. Early work on Aardman's Wallace & Gromit and Tim Burton's Mars Attacks led to him picking up his crayons in 1...
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Penguin Young Readers unite the best authors, illustrators, and brands from the Penguin Young Readers Group under one umbrella to engage all levels of early readers, from emergent all the way to fluent. With an easy numbered leveling system and the Guided Reading leveling system, these books allow educators, parents, a...
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The designer of Bob the Builder, creator of Frankenstein's Cat and Raa Raa the Noisy Lion, and the author/illustrator of numerous children's books, Curtis Jobling lives with his family in Cheshire, England. Early work on Aardman's Wallace & Gromit and Tim Burton's Mars Attacks led to him picking up his crayons in 1997 ...
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Penguin Young Readers unite the best authors, illustrators, and brands from the Penguin Young Readers Group under one umbrella to engage all levels of early readers, from emergent all the way to fluent. With an easy numbered leveling system and the Guided Reading leveling system, these books allow educators, parents, a...
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Jan Pienkowski was born in Warsaw in 1936. After creating his first book at the age of eight, Jan went on to excel in his chosen field of design, working in such diverse areas as television, theatre and greetings cards. Published in 1968, A Necklace of Raindrops was the first of several wonderful collaborations between...
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Eric Hill (1927-2014) was born in North London and lived there for many years. He started his artistic career as an art studio messenger and from there went on to become a cartoonist and eventually an art director at a leading advertising agency. In 1978 Eric made up a story about a small puppy to read to his son at be...
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Eric Hill (www.funwithspot.com) left school when he was 15 and took up cartooning while working as a messenger at an art studio. He created Where's Spot? as a bedtime story for his two-year old son. It was published four years later, and the rest is history. Eric Hill passed away in July 2014.; Title: Spot's Peeka...
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Eric Hill (www.funwithspot.com) left school when he was 15 and took up cartooning while working as a messenger at an art studio. He created Where’s Spot? as a bedtime story for his two-year old son. It was published four years later, and the rest is history.; Title: Spot Loves School
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Ursula Moray Williams was born on 19 April 1911 at Petersfield, Hampshire, ten minutes after her twin sister, Barbara. She wrote and illustrated over sixty books for children with the most notable being Gobbolino the Witch's Cat and The Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse. As well as writing, she became involved in l...
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Eric Hill (www.funwithspot.com) left school when he was 15 and took up cartooning while working as a messenger at an art studio. He created Where's Spot? as a bedtime story for his two-year-old son. It was published four years later, and the rest is history. Eric Hill passed away in July 2014.; Title: I Love You, Spot
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Raymond Briggs is one of our most respected and beloved artists. Born in Wimbledon Park in 1934, he studied at the Wimbledon School of Art and later at the Slade School of Fine Art, and went on to produce a treasure trove of work. He has created characters that are now icons for generations of children, including Fungu...
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Janet Ahlberg, along with Allan Ahlberg, created some of the world's most popular picture books, including EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY CHRISTMAS POSTMAN, both winners of Greenaway Medals, and THE BABY'S CATALOGUE, inspired by their daughter Jessica. Janet died in 1994.; Title: Jolly Christmas Postman (Jolly Post...
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Founded in 1865 by a bookseller, the British publisher Frederick Warne & Co. built its reputation publishing children’s books with authors like Edward Lear, Kate Greenaway, Walter Crane, and Beatrix Potter — the creator of Peter Rabbit. Since becoming a division of Penguin in 1983, Warne has acquired ma...
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Good Wives and Warriors is the creative partnership established by Becky Bolton and Louise Chappell after graduating from the Glasgow School of Art. Their experimental collaborative approach to illustration and installation has led to exhibitions and a wide range of projects all over the world.; Title: Escape to Shakes...
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Sarah Gomes Harris is the co-creator of Sarah and Duck.; Title: Sarah and Duck have a Quiet Birthday
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Puffin Booksis the children's imprint of British publishersPenguin Books. Since the 1960s it has been among the largest publishers ofchildren's booksin the UK and much of the English-speaking world.; Title: Puffin Rock: Goodnight Beautiful Moon
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Nick East has been working as a museum designer for the past 16 years but has always been a storyteller, whether as a child, filling sketchbooks with quirky characters, or as a designer displaying a collection of ancient artefacts. Nick lives near York with his wife and two children and, when he isn't drawing, he is ou...
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Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was born in 1929; her parents were the anthropologist Alfred Kroeber and the writer Theodora Kroeber. She writes both poetry and prose, including realistic fiction, science fiction, fantasy, young children's books, books for young adults, screenplays, essays, verbal texts for musicians, and voice...
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Tove Jansson was born in Helsingfors, Finland, in 1914. Her mother was a caricaturist who designed 165 of Finland's stamps and her father was a sculptor. She studied painting in Finland, Sweden and France, and subsequently became a book illustrator. Her extraordinary illustrative style is seen as a design classic the w...
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Sarah Gomes Harris is the co-creator of Sarah and Duck.; Title: Sarah and Duck Little Library
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James Newman Gray has been working has a professional illustrator for twenty years.Lee Teng Chew is a freelance Illustrator currently based in Malaysia who loves children illustration and picture book.Jan Smith is a British artist specialising in childrens book illustrations, describing her artwork as fun and colourful...
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In this sequel to The Opal Deception (2005), 14-year-old Artemis discovers an unraveling time tunnel connecting demons with the earth. These imps have sworn revenge on humans, and their unpredictable appearances threaten to expose the entire fairy world. As always, Colfer delivers not only continuous action but also wi...
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The designer of Bob the Builder, creator of Frankenstein's Cat and Raa Raa the Noisy Lion, and the author/illustrator of numerous children's books, Curtis Jobling lives with his family in Cheshire, England. Early work on Aardman's Wallace & Gromit and Tim Burton's Mars Attacks led to him picking up his crayons in 1997 ...
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Puffin Books is the children's imprint of British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s it has been among the largest publishers of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world.; Title: Emoji: Official Sticker Book
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Beatrix Potter was born on July 28, 1866 at No 2, Bolton Gardens, Kensington, London. She loved nature and drawing as a child. In 1893, Beatrix sat down to write a picture letter to Noel Moore, the five-year-old son of her ex-governess, all about a naughty rabbit called Peter. Noel was ill in bed and so Beatrix wrote t...
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Robin Stevens was born in California and grew up in an Oxford college. She has been making up stories all her life. She spent her teenage years at Cheltenham Ladies' College, went on to study crime fiction at university, and then became a children's book editor. She is now a full-time writer and the creator of the best...
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Robin Stevens was born in California and grew up in an Oxford college. She has been making up stories all her life. She spent her teenage years at Cheltenham Ladies' College, went on to study crime fiction at university, and then became a children's book editor. She is now a full-time writer and the creator of the best...
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Sarah Gomes Harris is the co-creator of Sarah and Duck.; Title: Sarah & Duck Have a Sleepover (Sarah and Duck)
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This is a split-page board book teaching children the simple concept of words through Eric Carle's inimitable collage illustrations. Here, readers need to line up the word in the top section of the book with the correct image in the bottom section.; Title: My Very First Book of Words
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In this brand new pop-up edition of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", fans will experience the classic story in a completely new and interactive way as the intrepid caterpillar literally pops off the page, crawling along branches, munching through food and, finally, turning into an extraordinary butterfly. The classic sto...
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"While this book is perfectly understandable as a stand-alone title, it will be best appreciated by readers of the earlier volumes who are invested in the saga and who will find this title a clever and satisfying way of coming full circle." —School Library Journal on Now"Sequel to the searing Once,...
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Will Mabbitt likes to write. He writes on the train, in the corner of cafs, and sometimes, when his laptop runs out of power, he writes in his head. Will has a background in children's media, producing digital content for Disney, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. He lives with his family, cats and a woodlouse infestatio...
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William Morris (1834 – 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist. Associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement, he was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of producti...
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"While this book is perfectly understandable as a stand-alone title, it will be best appreciated by readers of the earlier volumes who are invested in the saga and who will find this title a clever and satisfying way of coming full circle." —School Library Journal on NowMorris Gleitzman is the auth...
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Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy, he turned down the idea of university in favor of a job that would take him to 'a wonderful faraway place'. In 1933 he joined the...
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Nick East has been working as a museum designer for the past 16 years but has always been a storyteller, whether as a child, filling sketchbooks with quirky characters, or as a designer displaying a collection of ancient artefacts. Nick lives near York with his wife and two children and, when he isn't drawing, he is ou...
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A board book version of this bestselling picture book. When Slinky Malinki and Stickybeak Sid are left in the house on their own, they cause absolute mayhem by opening all the craefully shut doorsi the house - a leave a trailof detruction from bathroom to bedroom to kitchen. But then Slinky Malinki opens the final door...
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Eric Hill (1927-2014) started his artistic career as an art studio messenger and from there went on to become a cartoonist and eventually an art director at a leading advertising agency. In 1978, Eric made up a story about a small puppy to read to his son at bedtime, and Spot was born. The success of his first bestsell...
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Good Wives and Warriors is the creative partnership established by Becky Bolton and Louise Chappell after graduating from the Glasgow School of Art. Their experimental collaborative approach to illustration and installation has led to exhibitions and a wide range of projects all over the world.; Title: Escape to Wonder...
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Timothy Knapman is both writer and playwright and was cast adrift on a boat made of books when he was small, but finally made his way to Surrey where he now lives.; Title: Mungo and the Dinosaur Island
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Lynley Dodd graduated from the Elam School of Art in Auckland with a diploma in Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture. She went on to teach art before taking a break to start a family. She began to work as a freelance illustrator and collaborated with author Eve Sutton on My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes. There was no looking ...
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Babette Cole was born in Jersey in the Channel Islands. She graduated from Canterbury College of Art in 1973 and was the illustrator and author of more than 150 witty, imaginative, irreverent and thought-provoking picture books for children including the bestselling, stereotype-defying Princess Smartypants. She produce...
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Ed Vere is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling writer & illustrator of picture books, including Max the Brave which was named one of The Sunday Times's '100 Modern Children's Classics'. He studied fine art at Camberwell College of Art and has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1999. Ed...
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Gwen Millward studied illustration in Edinburgh and now spends all her time painting and writing stories for children about her favourite subject - beasts.; Title: The King of Tiny Things
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Russell Ayto has illustrated books by many leading picture-book authors, including Ian Whybrow and Cressida Cowell. His book The Witch's Children was shortlisted for the Greenaway Award in 2004 and The Witch's Children and the Queen won the Gold Award for the Nestle Children's Book Prize in 2003. His most recent accola...
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Jane Clarke is the author of several Flying Foxes and Blue Bananas titles as well as the recent picture book, Gilbert the Great, illustrated by Charles Fuge. Jane lives in Kent. Garry Parsons is a young and increasingly successful illustrator receiving more acclaim with each book he publishes. He is known for Billy's B...
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Timothy Knapman is both writer and playwright and was cast adrift on a boat made of books when he was small, but finally made his way to Surrey where he now lives.; Title: Mungo and the Spiders From Space
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The designer of Bob the Builder, creator of Frankenstein's Cat and Raa Raa the Noisy Lion, and the author/illustrator of numerous children's books, Curtis Jobling lives with his family in Cheshire, England. Early work on Aardman's Wallace & Gromit and Tim Burton's Mars Attacks led to him picking up his crayons in 1...
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Adrian Reynolds is a hugely talented illustrator who has worked on many picture books,including the wonderful Harry stories and four adventures featuring Pete and Polo. Adrian lives in Cambridge; Title: Harry and the Dinosuars Make a Splash (Harry and the Dinosaurs)
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Lynley Dodd graduated from the Elam School of Art in Auckland with a diploma in Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture. She went on to teach art before taking a break to start a family. She began to work as a freelance illustrator and collaborated with author Eve Sutton on My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes. There was no looking ...
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Rachel Bright is a writer, illustrator, designer, printmaker and eternal optimist! She trained in Graphics at Kingston University and is just completing an MA in Printmaking at UWE. She currently works as a copywriter for a successful advertising agency, as well as undertaking both print and illustration commissions. H...
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Russell Ayto has illustrated books by many leading picture-book authors, including Ian Whybrow and Cressida Cowell. His book The Witch's Children was shortlisted for the Greenaway Award in 2004 and The Witch's Children and the Queen won the Gold Award for the Nestle Children's Book Prize in 2003. His most recent accola...
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Adrian Reynolds is a hugely talented illustrator who has worked on many picture books,including the wonderful Harry stories and four adventures featuring Pete and Polo. Adrian lives in Cambridge; Title: Harry and the Dinosaurs Go To School
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Debbie Allen is an award-winning producer, actress, director, and choreographer. Her books include Brothers of the Night, Dancing in the Wings, and Amistad: Give us Free. She lives in Los Angeles, CaliforniaKadir Nelson, New York Times bestselling author and two-time Caldecott Honor winner lives in San Diego,...
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In this series, a Great Dane consistently finds himself in humorous adventures such as flunking out of obedience school, getting disguised as a stegosaurus, behaving like a cat, and getting trapped in a hot air balloon. PW called the "action-filled, colorful pictures, as funny as the story." Ages 4-8. Copyright 2002 Ca...
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Gr 2-4-Horace, who measures 30 inches tall, is the shortest 10-year-old in the town of Blootinville. When his taller, smarter, younger sister makes him eat her experimental cupcakes and wear a purple costume, he becomes a superhero. After flying around town and visiting friends, he decides to go after the man-eating gi...
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"This lively tale of an idiosyncratic bus driver may warm a chilly crowd on a would-be snow day," said PW. Ages 4-8.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Born in Elmira, New York, Tedd grew up in a family of six with three brothers. His family lived on a farm in Pennsylvania for several years then returned t...
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"I was born and grew up in a small town of about seven thousand people, Rice Lake, Wisconsin. My favorite person was my grandfather, Oscar Lofgren, who taught me Swedish and told me stories. He was a blacksmith and on our land he had a shop where he made things for us out of iron. I loved watching him hammer the hot ir...
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S. D. Schindler lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.; Title: Are We There Yet, Daddy? (Picture Puffin Books)
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A Korean-American boy living in the U.S. and his grandmother, who lives in Korea, communicate through letters that bypass their language barrier. PW wrote, "Pak's story is economically told and sensitively focused through Juno's eyes." Ages 4-8.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Soyung Pak was born in Seo...
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In this Newbery Honor book, Chicago-bred Mary Alice has been sentenced to a year-long stay in rural Illinois with her irrepressible, rough and gruff grandmother. Soon, however, she becomes Grandma's partner in crime, helping to carry out madcap schemes to benefit friends and avenge enemies. In a starred review, PW call...
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Praise forMorris' Disappearing BagOne of the best.The Chicago Tribune* Irresistible . . . The author-artist does some wonderful things with Morriss cars and eyes, expressing exactly the sentiments of a put-out preschool rabbit.Booklist, starred review"Wells has written and illustrated Morris's Disappearing Bag with her...
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David A. Adler is the author of more than 175 childrens books, including the Young Cam Jansen series. He lives in Woodmere, New York.; Title: Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery
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Jose-Luis Orozco is a bilingual children's performer, recording artist, and author who makes appearances nationwide. He lives in Los Angeles, California.  Elisa Kleven grew up making dollhouses and collages out of doilies and postage stamps. Today, she is thrilled to carry on building her artistic dream worlds in ...
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Three aging aunts who need help caring for their magical animals resort to kidnapping suitable candidates. PW wrote, "The author's exquisite sense of humor plus an imaginative and memorable cast of characters make this a rollicking escapade." Ages 8-12. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Eva Ibbotson, bor...
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Peter Maloney spent most of his childhood playing in the woods behind the house he grew up in in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. He wrote his first book, a 165-page novel called Journey Under The Pacific Ocean, when he was eleven years old.After graduating from Rutgers College, Peter took courses in illustration and design at...
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K-Gr 1-These very basic readers contain simple stories, repetition and rhyme, and colorfully illustrated pages. Big, Big Wall is a retelling of "Humpty Dumpty." Though the mouse and bunny are too small to keep him from cracking, a perky pig comes to the rescue, and the three friends cushion the egg as he tumbles into a...
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Peg Kehret was born in Wisconsin, grew up in Minnesota, spent fourteen years in California, and now lives with her husband in Washington State. They have two grown children, four grandchildren, one dog, and one cat.Peg's novels for children are regularly recommended by the American Library Association, the Internationa...
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Jillian Lund grew up in Kailua, on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. She has studied art and design at the Honolulu Academy of Art. Currently, she lives way out west in Denver, Colorado, where she works as a painter, illustrator and graphic designer.; Title: Two Cool Coyotes
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"The spunk of four multiracial pairs of siblings shines through this photographic celebration of sisterhood," said PW. "The volume has the casual appearance of a scrapbook or family album." Ages 4-8. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.; Title: Big Sister, Little Sister
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"Hoffman's text reads easily and is filled with humor and the wide-eyed innocence of young children at play. . . This is sure to be a hit with fans of Amazing Grace and Boundless Grace, both picture books, and will be a fast-paced choice for reluctant readers."--School Library JournalMary Hoffman has written more than ...
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Joan Holub has written and/or illustrated many books for young readers, including Mighty Dads, Little Red Writing, and the Goddess Girls series.She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.Paul Meisel has illustrated more than 70 books, some of which he's also written. Paul won a 2012 ALSC Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor for his pi...
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"This chuckler of a bedtime romp pits the wiles of a young procrastinator against his no-nonsense grandmother," said PW. Ages 3-7.Kate Lum and her husband live in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada, with their two children.; Title: What! Cried Granny (Picture Puffins)
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In this picture book adapted from a speech purportedly delivered by Chief Seattle at treaty negotiations in the 1850s, "Seattle's words and Jeffers's images create a powerful message," said PW. Ages 5-up. (July) Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.Susan Jeffers is the illustrator of such distinguished picture...
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After a visit to the Metropolitan Museum and the National Gallery, this series' third book finds a girl, her grandparents and a green balloon in Boston, You Can't Take a Balloon into the Museum of Fine Arts by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. Like its predecessors, the wordless adventure feat...
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James Marshall was born in San Antonio, Texas, and grew up sixteen miles outside of the town on the family farm. His father, who worked for the railroad, had his own dance band in the thirties and appeared on the radio. His mother, also musical, sang in the church choir. So it wasn't surprising when Jim considered play...
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Caitlin's perfect sister runs away from home and she finds herself trying to fill the gap the absence creates. "The characterizations have an unmistakable depth," said PW. Ages 12-up. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Sarah Dessen is one of the most popular writers for young adults. She is the #1 New Yor...
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This volume, relayed in what PW called "metaphorical language," follows Tallchief through her adolescence, on the way to joining the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo. PW wrote, "Kelly's softly focused paintings underscore the lyrical tone, enveloping the characters and settings in gauzy, dreamlike light." Ages 5-9.Copyrig...
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Walter R. Brooks was an American writer best remembered for his short stories on Mister Ed the talking horse and children's books, particularly those about Freddy the Pig and other anthropomorphic animal inhabitants of the "Bean farm" in upstate New York. Kurt Wiese illustrated over 400 bo...
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Koss's suspenseful and realistic portrayal of a popular middle school clique's devolution unfolds though six narrators. In a starred review, PW said, "Readers will identify with and remember these characters, and may think twice before sacrificing their individuality for the sake of popularity." Ages 10-14. Copyright 2...
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Ezra Jack Keats (19161983) is the Caldecott Medal winning author ofThe Snowy Day, which broke ground in 1962 as one of the first picture books for young children to portray a realistic, multi-cultural urban setting. Since its initial publication,The Snowy Dayhas come to be regarded as both a childrens classic and one o...
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B.G. Hennessy grew up in Wantagh on Long Island, NY. At the University of Wisconsin in Madison, she majored in fine art and learned how to design, print and bind handmade books. She also took courses in Childrens Literature. The combination of form and content in the picture book format fascinated her and after graduat...
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Kathleen Duey is the author of numerous books for young readers, including the American Diaries series and the Survival series.; Title: Esperanza (Spirit of the Cimarron)
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Grade 9 Up-This is the second book in a series that profiles seven weeks in the lives of seven teens. This book features Jeremy, 17, a popular student and athlete. He's got a girlfriend but deep down he realizes that he's gay. He was seen kissing a guy and is outed on his school's Web site. His liberal, social-worker p...
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Emily the bunny celebrates in her seventh lift-the-flap book, Merry Christmas, Emily! by Claire Masurel, illus. by Susan Calitri. The publisher uses an identical lift-the-flap format for the informative Kwanzaa title, Kwanzaa Kids by Joan Holub, illus. by Ken Wilson-Max Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.; T...
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Kellogg revisits the story told in his 1974 The Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten, about a girl who imagines the most exciting locations for her lost mitten, this time with full-color illustrations. Ages 4-8.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.Steven Kellogg is a beloved author and illustrator who has publish...
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Walter R. Brookswas an American writer best remembered for his short stories onMister Edthe talking horse and children's books, particularly those aboutFreddy the Pigand other anthropomorphic animal inhabitants of the "Bean farm" inupstate New York. Kurt Wiese illustrated over 400 books, nineteen of which he also wrote...
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Kathleen Duey is the author of numerous books for young readers, including the American Diaries series and the Survival series.; Title: Spirit of the Cimarron: Bonita
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Emily the bunny celebrates in her seventh lift-the-flap book, Merry Christmas, Emily! by Claire Masurel, illus. by Susan Calitri. The publisher uses an identical lift-the-flap format for the informative Kwanzaa title, Kwanzaa Kids by Joan Holub, illus. by Ken Wilson-Max Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.; T...
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Walter R. Brookswas an American writer best remembered for his short stories onMister Edthe talking horse and children's books, particularly those aboutFreddy the Pigand other anthropomorphic animal inhabitants of the "Bean farm" inupstate New York. Kurt Wiese illustrated over 400 books, nineteen of which he also wrote...
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"This retelling of The Little Red Hen exudes charm, thanks to conversational narration and delightful cut paper images," wrote PW in a starred review. Ages 3-7.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.Philemon Sturges, an architect, is the author of Sacred Places, illustrated by Giles Laroche. He lives in Princeto...
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Joan Holub is the author and/or illustrator of many books for children. She lives in North Carolina, where the famous groundhog Sir Walter Wally helps watch the weather at the Museum of Natural Sciences. You can visit Joan at www.joanholub.com.; Title: Why Do Rabbits Hop? (Penguin Young Readers, Level 3)
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Nikki Grimes is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of dozens of children’s and young adult books as well as a poet and journalist. Among the many accolades she has received are the Golden Dolphin Award (2005),the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children (2006), the Coretta...
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Barbara Maitland is a children’s book author. Her works include The Bookstore Burglar and The Bookstore Ghost. David LaRochelle is the author of many books for children including How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans, The Best Pet of All, and The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Sto...
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"Will alleviate the concerns of children who worry what will happen if their teacher is absent or sick. This book should find a spot on every library shelf."The colorfully detailed illustrations are sure to please. ("The Horn Book") Will alleviate the concerns of children who worry what will happen if their teacher is ...
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A godmother's final "gift" transforms what should be the luckiest princess and most comely of all (born seventh, a good omen) into an ordinary-looking girl. But that does not stop Princess Amy from living an extraordinary life: she runs away from home when she is promised to a royal stranger. Ages 8-up. Copyright 2002 ...
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"What wrongdoer is any match for Cam Jansen, the girl with the amazing photographic memory?" ( Booklist) "An uncluttered plot, a clever heroine, clear language, and a dash of humor make for a zestful mystery."(School Library Journal)David A. Adler (www.davidaadler.com and www.camjansen.com) is the author of more than 1...
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