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Sometimes I'm Bombaloo (Scholastic Bookshelf Series) |
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Rachel Vail |
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Most of the time Katie Honors is a good kid. But sometimes, when her baby brother has knocked over one too many of her beautiful castles, Katie becomes Bombaloo. She uses her fists and feet instead of her words. Her toys "end up all over the floor--and so does my brother." It takes some alone time, a lot of parental understanding, and a silly episode with flying underwear to calm Bombaloo down again and return her to her happy Katie Honors state. There aren't too many kids who won't be able to relate to award-winning author Rachel Vail's miniature version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Katie's rage is scary and reflected alarmingly well by illustrator Yumi Heo's collage, pencil, and paint illustrations, reminiscent of the art of Lane Smith, Giselle Potter, and Maira Kalman. The message is clear: sometimes we get... |
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Tangerines and Tea, My Grandparents and Me: An Alphabet Book |
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Ona Gritz |
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0810958716 |
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1–Alphabetical alliterative rhymes describe the experiences of two children spending time with their grandparents. A farm where we're free to pick fruit off a tree and the songs we sing while we sit on the swing are what these siblings enjoy most with their relatives. Unfortunately, the corresponding letters of the alphabet are not showcased with the rhymes, making this a weak concept book. Each page includes a pencil-and-oil painting that clearly conveys the happiness that these children feel in the company of their grandparents. Floors, wallpaper prints, quilts, lampshades, crockery, and curtains offer layers of delightful patterns to engage the eye. Buy this for its charming testament to time together and its enchanting artwork; for a beautifully illustrated concept book, try Alison... |
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Sometimes I'm Bombaloo |
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Rachel Vail |
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0439087554 |
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Book Review
Most of the time Katie Honors is a good kid. But sometimes, when her baby brother has knocked over one too many of her beautiful castles, Katie becomes Bombaloo. She uses her fists and feet instead of her words. Her toys "end up all over the floor--and so does my brother." It takes some alone time, a lot of parental understanding, and a silly episode with flying underwear to calm Bombaloo down again and return her to her happy Katie Honors state. There aren't too many kids who won't be able to relate to award-winning author Rachel Vail's miniature version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Katie's rage is scary and reflected alarmingly well by illustrator Yumi Heo's collage, pencil, and paint illustrations, reminiscent of the art of Lane Smith, Giselle Potter, and Maira Kalman. The message is clear: sometimes we get... |
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Moondog |
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Alice Hoffman |
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0439098610 |
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From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3–One September, when the moon is full, a basket is left on the McKenzie family's porch. In it is the "sweetest, most darling puppy anyone had ever seen." Michael and Hazel have always wanted a dog, and even their parents cannot resist this Angel of a pooch. This is no ordinary puppy, however. After he disappears one night, the children learn that he changes into a destructive werepup when the moon is full. They follow his tracks to the spooky house of old Miss Eleanor Mingle and her even scarier old dog, Bunny. Not only do Hazel and Michael gain an understanding of their special pup, but they also come to understand the old woman. Together they plan a party for the next full moon, which just happens to fall on Halloween. Miss Mingle is reintroduced to the townsfolk, the weredogs are... |
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Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding |
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Lenore Look |
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0689844581 |
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Kindergarten-Grade 3–Jenny, who first appeared as an energetic big sister in Henry's First-Moon Birthday (S & S, 2001), is back, participating in her uncle's nuptials. The child loves being his special girl and is having difficulty with the idea of sharing him with a new aunt. Look perfectly captures the child's envy and jealousy as the bride becomes the center of attention. As the family gathers to celebrate, readers learn about many of the traditions associated with the ceremony, including bargaining for the bride, wearing red for good luck, and bed-jumping. The busy day has a sweet resolution as Stella chooses Jenny to release a box full of butterflies and thanks her for sharing her uncle. The child responds with a hug and welcomes the bride into the family. Heo's child-inspired illustrations... |
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The Green Frogs: A Korean Folktale |
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Yumi Heo |
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0618432280 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Although its conclusion may sit uneasily with guilt-phobic Americans, this Korean folktale is so beguilingly retold and visualized with such individuality that it deserves a wide audience. The ebullient, sensory-overload style of illustration Heo brought to One Afternoon is turned down several notches here, creating a busy, funny, yet delicate backdrop in oil and pencil. The story focuses on two frog brothers who always do the opposite of what their beleaguered mother asks?they even croak backward. Well aware of her sons' contrariness, the mother, dying and wishing to be buried on the sunny side of a hill, tells them, "Please bury me in the shade by the stream." Ironically, this time they obey and bury her by the stream. When it rains, they beg the stream not to wash their mother's grave away, "and ever since... |
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Henry's First-Moon Birthday |
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Lenore Look |
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0689822944 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Look's (Love as Strong as Ginger) buoyant picture book invites readers to peek at a Chinese-American family's preparations for a very special party. Older Sister (aka "Jen, Jenny, but never Jennifer"), who professes to be the lady of the house, rises early with GninGnin ("never Grandmother or Granny or Grandma") to get ready for brother Henry's first-moon, or one-month birthday. While the rest of the family sleeps, GninGnin and Jen bustle about cooking traditional Chinese dishes (pigs' feet and ginger soup, eggs dyed a lucky red) and writing good-luck messages in "ink, the real stuff, which GninGnin makes by rubbing an ink pebble with a little water." Soon, Mother joins the team and "cleans like a tornado going through every room." At last, GninGnin and Jen put on their favorite dresses and celebrate with... |
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A is for Asia |
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Cynthia Chin-Lee |
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0531300110 |
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Ships within 2-3 days. |
From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3. From the Middle East to northern Siberia, to China, Japan, and the Pacific Islands, the diversity of this vast continent is captured in childlike, stylized illustrations and 26 well-chosen words. Jade, kites, the monsoon, pandas, the Qur'an, water buffalo, and Zen are among the terms described in a decorative calligraphic type and pictured in gaily colored, naive, nonperspective drawings. Author and illustrator have created an attractive alphabet book that is useful for introducing Asia as a place of many different cultures, customs, languages, and climates.?Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Ages 5^-9. From A for Asia to Z for Zen, the... |
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This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort |
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Selected by Georgia Heard |
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Created especially for New York City schoolchildren, This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort edited by Georgia Heard includes 18 works, beginning with Eloise Greenfield's "This Place," and including poems by Karla Kuskin, Langston Hughes, Walt Whitman and Heard herself. Each is paired with illustrations by artists such as Kevin Hawkes, Chris Raschka, Petra Mathers and William Steig. A portion of the profits from the sale of the book benefit Save the Children. Ages 6-up.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Grade 1 Up-In memory of the September 11th tragedy, this book was compiled initially to offer hope and comfort to children who witnessed the event firsthand,... |
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Dandelion: Celebrating the Magical Blossom |
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Amy S. Wilensky |
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1571780939 |
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This unique homage to the dandelion includes elixirs, potions and cures; recipes; methods for making dandelion tea and wine; and little known lore and history, folk poems, sayings, and superstitions. Illustrated throughout with original oil paintings by the well-known artist Yumi Heo.
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So Say the Little Monkeys |
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Nancy Van Laan |
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0613907981 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Children will find much to relate to in this whimsical tale of a wild bunch of monkeys intent on having fun and easily distracted from more practical considerations. Drawn from a Brazilian folktale, Van Laan's (Little Fish, Lost) infectious rhyming text tells of the tiny monkeys ("blackmouths") who live along the Rio Negro in Brazil. Homeless wanderers, the blackmouths sleep in tall palm trees which, because of sharp thorns on their branches, are not the most comfortable resting places. Heo's (Pets!) pencil, oil and collage illustrations carry the childlike energy that has become her calling card. She illustrates the antics of the monkeys in a crazy quilt of offbeat hues: chartreuse, burnt orange, banana yellow and aqua. The primates cavort and dance among the thorns in pages that alternate between spreads and... |
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The Green Frogs |
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Yumi Heo |
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0395683785 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Although its conclusion may sit uneasily with guilt-phobic Americans, this Korean folktale is so beguilingly retold and visualized with such individuality that it deserves a wide audience. The ebullient, sensory-overload style of illustration Heo brought to One Afternoon is turned down several notches here, creating a busy, funny, yet delicate backdrop in oil and pencil. The story focuses on two frog brothers who always do the opposite of what their beleaguered mother asks?they even croak backward. Well aware of her sons' contrariness, the mother, dying and wishing to be buried on the sunny side of a hill, tells them, "Please bury me in the shade by the stream." Ironically, this time they obey and bury her by the stream. When it rains, they beg the stream not to wash their mother's grave away, "and ever since... |
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A Is for Asia |
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Cynthia Chin-Lee |
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0531071413 |
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From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3. From the Middle East to northern Siberia, to China, Japan, and the Pacific Islands, the diversity of this vast continent is captured in childlike, stylized illustrations and 26 well-chosen words. Jade, kites, the monsoon, pandas, the Qur'an, water buffalo, and Zen are among the terms described in a decorative calligraphic type and pictured in gaily colored, naive, nonperspective drawings. Author and illustrator have created an attractive alphabet book that is useful for introducing Asia as a place of many different cultures, customs, languages, and climates.?Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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