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Happy Birthday, Moon |
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Frank Asch |
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Bear loves the moon so much that he wants to give him a birthday present. But he doesn't know when his birthday is or what to get him. So Bear goes to have a little chat with the moon. A poetic fantasy, Happy Birthday, Moon has delighted fans for years as a simple yet reassuring celebration of love and friendship. Gently told with warm words and charming illustrations by creator Frank Asch, Happy Birthday Moon was cited by The New York Times as one of the ten best titles of the year.
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When a bear discovers that the moon shares his birthday, he buys the moon a beautiful hat as a present.
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Moonbear's Shadow |
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Frank Asch |
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0689835191 |
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Survival School |
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Frank Asch |
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0689846568 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 3-4-In this third installment in the series, mice siblings Jake and Molly come to the aid of the newest class pet, a gerbil named Dexter, who has escaped from his cage and wants to learn how to live on the "outside." Molly and Jake are quickly forced to demonstrate their survival skills as the three rodents face various perils including a mousetrap, a flushing toilet, menacing sewer rats, and a nasty neighborhood cat that was introduced in a previous book. There is plenty of action in this easy chapter book, but an unclear beginning, weak characterization, and the sudden appearance of the cat well into the story lessen its accessibility as a stand-alone effort. Textured pencil drawings add little interest, but the appealing cover could draw in reluctant readers. Purchase where the series is already... |
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Goodbye House |
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Frank Asch |
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From School Library Journal
PreS Baby Bear and his family are moving; just as the van is about to leave, Baby Bear says that he has forgotten something and goes back inside. When his parents join him, they share memories, and things look just as they were when the house was furnished. Gradually, the memory pictures fade, and the rooms are bare again. Papa Bear carries Baby Bear into each room, and they say goodbye together. Asch's newest title doesn't measure up to his others. The bright illustrations are typical of his work, but they lack the life and humor such books as Sand Cake and Popcorn (both Parent's Magazine Pr, 1979). The sentimentalized visualization of memory isn't child-like. The message (that it's important to finalize a relationship by resolving it with a goodbye) is a good one, but here there is no joy in going on to a... |
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Monsieur Saguette and His Baguette |
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Frank Asch |
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1553374614 |
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1–In a series of highly improbable scenarios, Mr. Saguette performs daring feats–rescuing a stranded cat from a tree, foiling an attacking alligator and a robber, and escaping from a flooding sewer in the nick of time. In each instance, his trusty baguette provides a handy solution to the impending disaster. After the eventful walk home, Monsieur Saguette consumes his baguette with relish. For those who can suspend disbelief and see it for the spoof it is, this wacky tale with its kid-pleasing humor is sure to elicit giggles. Asch's computer-generated illustrations with their whimsical, flowing lines and soft pastel colors are the perfect accompaniment to this lighthearted romp through the streets of Paris. Bon appétit! –Laurie Edwards, West Shore School District,... |
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Water |
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Frank Asch |
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0152001891 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Stylistically and thematically reminiscent of Asch's recent The Earth and I, this picture book offers variations on a basic ecological concept: the importance (and omnipresence) of water. With simple, declarative sentences, the author runs through a litany of definitions, from the specific ("Water is rain. Water is dew") to the abstract ("Water is high in the sky. Water is deep in the earth"). Unfortunately, the cumulative effect of the "Water is" construction is tiresome; teachers and purists may object to misleading statement ("Water is what fish breathe"). The accompanying watercolor and acrylic illustrations are appropriately liquidy and abundantly prismatic, with colors bleeding into one another for a rainbow effect. The result includes striking, multicolored snowflakes, confetti-like rainstorms and striped... |
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Just like Daddy |
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Frank Asch |
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A very young bear describes all the activities he does during the day that are just like his daddy's.
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Happy Birthday, Moon |
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Frank Asch |
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Bear travels to the highest mountaintop to find out what to give the Moon for its birthday and discovers a delightful surprise -- the Moon has the same birthday as Bear. Or so it seems....
Card catalog description
When a bear discovers that the moon shares his birthday, he buys the moon a beautiful hat as a present.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
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Moonbear's Skyfire |
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Frank Asch |
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0689835450 |
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When he sees a rainbow for the first time, Bear thinks that the sky is on fire and he is determined to put out the skyfire.
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Cactus Poems |
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Frank Asch |
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0152006761 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 3-5ANineteen poems about the desert and its denizens. Each two-page section features one short poem in large, bold print, juxtaposed with full-color photographs in different sizes. Some of the selections discuss desert characteristics in general; others focus on specific flora and fauna. The poems, a mixture of free verse and rhyme, are mildly interesting, if unmemorable. In the most effective one, the coyotes' plight is pinpointed in the last ironic linesA"You may never see me./But listen to my grief:/The rancher takes my land,/and then he calls me thief!" "Saguaro" provides a clever example of emblematical poetry as the lines are arranged in the shape of a cactus. The outstanding photography gives the book great visual appeal. The portraits of various animals and birds are sharply focused and well... |
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Mooncake |
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Frank Asch |
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Bear builds a rocket to take him to the moon so he can taste it.
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Good Night, Baby Bear |
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Frank Asch |
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0152008365 |
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From Publishers Weekly
In this gentle, straightforward picture book, Mother Bear has a harder time than most parents getting her baby to sleep, as bedtime here means winter hibernation. The beleaguered mother fetches a snack and then a drink into the cave, but when Baby Bear says that he can't fall asleep without the moon, she is stumped?until her resourcefulness comes to the rescue. Baby Bear's realistic bit of grumbling only makes the book seem sweeter. Asch (Barnyard Lullaby; the Moonbear books) uses a soothing palette of browns and blues: the simple bear figures are darkly outlined, and the cave's background sponged to add texture and a touch of luminosity to the cavernous tones. The story is a welcome addition to the bedtime genre, one parents will be glad to have as a resource when it's time to get their own little ones to nod... |
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The Earth and I |
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Frank Asch |
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From Publishers Weekly
"The Earth and I are friends," begins this sentimental picture book in which a boy inventories the many ways he and the planet benefit and enjoy each other. Examples both obvious ("I help her to grow. She helps me to grow" accompanies pictures of the boy tilling soil, then eating food) and inspired ("I dance for her. She dances for me" is paired with the boy raking leaves, then the leaves being blown about by a gust of wind) give way to the book's ultimate "green" message: "When she's sad, I'm sad" captions a view of a scrap heap. The simple text is consistent with Asch's repertoire of very young picture books (Happy Birthday, Moon; Bear Shadow), but it lacks the humor that have made the others preschool classics. He paints a dreamscape of liquidy watercolors, with blues, purples, greens and reds bleeding... |
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Baby Bird's First Nest |
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Frank Asch |
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0152017267 |
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From Publishers Weekly
In Asch's (the Baby Bear books) latest picture book, Baby Bird falls out of her mother's nest one night and manages to return with the help of new friend Little Frog. The nest of the title refers to a new one that the two pals build together; it is almost immediately abandoned, but it helps Baby Bird get her first taste of independence. It also sets the stage for her later escape from a raccoon, as she hops to a tree branch, just out of the raccoon's reach. From there, Little Frog coaches her, by example, to make her way to her mother's nest ("Take it one hop at a time," he says). Asch's illustrations, done in pen and ink and then computer-colored, are skillfully done and infused with moonlight; they resemble intricate sun-catchers. The frog is a charmer, with expressive gestures and a bubble-gum-pink tongue; and... |
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One Man Show |
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Frank Asch |
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Gr 1-4--Three authors invite readers into their homes and workplaces, introduce their families and pets, and even offer a look through their family albums. In first-person narratives, they confide childhood dreams and fears and remember their early sources of inspiration. Their revelations are delightful: Asch pays homage to his boyhood hero, Roy Rogers, and shares a wonderful picture of himself with Roy in later years; McKissack describes listening as a child to storytellers in her own family and later telling her own stories to school classes; Pringle shows a journal of bird life with pictures he drew over 40 years ago. Each voice is different and individual personalities come through. The format is ideal for the intended audience, with plenty of white space between lines, wide margins, and appropriate... |
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Baby Duck's New Friend |
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Frank Asch |
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0152022570 |
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From Publishers Weekly
In a story with echoes of the elder Asch's Happy Birthday, Moon, an eager-to-roam duckling befriends a rubber ducky who has fallen out of a truck and plopped into his watery path. "You don't talk much... but you sure are fun!" Baby Duck says, as he follows the impervious bobbing toy. Their adventure quickly turns dangerous. Soon Baby Duck is left deserted on a faraway beach and despairs of ever getting back home--until he discovers he can fly. A lovely glow radiates from the Asches' digitally enhanced pen-and-ink illustrations, particularly in their depictions of water and moonlight. The father-and-son team (Devin Asch makes his debut here) keeps the book's action at arm's length with their flat, mural-like renderings. This can be a plus, for instance, as the duck pair head down a waterfall, but the artwork also... |
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The Sun Is My Favorite Star |
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Frank Asch |
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Asch (the Moonbear books) is in top form with a child's simple yet lyrical paean to the sun's magic and usefulness. Following the sun from morning to night, the young narrator (of indeterminate sex) often gives way to whimsy, noting, for example, that when the sun's rays emanate from behind a cloud, "it plays hide-and-seek with me." But Asch also makes room for equally authentic observations that display a more scientific mind-set. To show that the sun's light "is bright and hot," the child focuses sunlight through a magnifying glass onto a leaf, causing it to smolder. And at night, the child points out, the sun doesn't really disappear, but rather "sends some light to keep me company" via the moon. Asch echoes this interplay between the factual and figurative in his mural-like pictures where he combines strong... |
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