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My First Counting Book |
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Lilian Moore |
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0307020673 |
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Count to ten with the most adorable animals illustrated by Garth Williams! Start with one roly-poly puppy and end with ten nuts from Little Squirrel. The rhythmic text and charming pictures makes counting as easy as 1, 2, 3. . .
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Sunflakes |
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Lilian Moore |
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Hardcover |
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0395588332 |
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From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2-- Universal experiences are captured in these 76 poems, which can be shared with young children and enjoyed independently by beginning readers. Many familiar (and mostly contemporary) names can be found among the 40 poets featured. The book is divided into 12 thematic parts. Subjects range from bugs to food, friends to being snug in bed at night. The poems share the feeling of what it's like when a pet dies or when you are lost, and explore the wonders of the imagination. A variety of styles are represented, but there is a definite emphasis on rhythms that are a pleasure to read aloud. The illustrations are sketched in soft pencil and watercolor mostly in earth tones and warm hues. They vary from realistic, cheerful children and plump, soft cats to fanciful scenes of dancing silverware... |
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Mr. Pine's Mixed-up Signs |
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Leonard Kessler |
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Hardcover |
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1930900031 |
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Mr. Pine makes signs: "stop," "go," "pets for sale," "gas, 33 cents" (this book was first published in 1961), and more. Little Town is, in fact, plastered with the industrious painter's handiwork, ensuring social order in the way that signs do: "Yes, Little Town had all the signs a town could need." However, when the mayor deems it time to replace the aging, sunbaked, windblown signs, trouble begins. Mr. Pine is pleased to make new signs for the town: "The next week Mr. Pine painted and painted and painted." All would have been well if Mr. Pine had not lost his glasses and installed all the new signs in the wrong places. The sign on the mayor's door said, "This Way to the Zoo!" The sign over the bank said "Bread!" Children will adore Leonard Kessler's short chapter books. The stories are simple and winning,... |
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Mural on Second Avenue and Other City Poems |
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| Author: |
Lilian Moore |
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Hardcover |
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0763619876 |
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From Booklist
Gr. K-2. The joys of city life are extolled in a book whose charm lies in simple observations: "Wake / gently this morning / to a different day. Listen." The book begins on a morning so snowy, the buses have stopped, no sirens howl. A boy looks out his window at buildings with roofs so thick with snow that they seem frosted. The city's signature is structures: apartment buildings, "roofscapes," buildings under construction. But the parks are green, and there are pigeons. And no city can withstand the seasons. During a summer rain storm, "light / dazzles / like a washed windowpane, / and I beat the freshly laundered air of after-rain." There's no real follow through from one poem to another, but children will get the feel of the city and its delights from both the word pictures and the substantial artwork. Ilene... |
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Don't Be Afraid, Amanda |
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| Author: |
Lilian Moore |
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Hardcover |
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0613356691 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-- In this engaging sequel to I'll Meet You at the Cucumbers (Atheneum, 1988), city mouse Amanda ventures into the country to visit her friend, the mouse poet, Adam. In an event-filled day, she learns that the country has its own brand of excitement, mystery, and danger--there are scarecrows to climb, chipmunks to endure, skunks to avoid, and turtles that will move slowly to rescue a mouse in peril. The plotting is brisk, and the writing abounds with a gentle wisdom and wry humor. But the special dimension to this accessible animal fantasy is Adam's poems that are interspersed within the narrative. Teachers will find this a treasure for introducing poetry, and readers just ready for chapter books will relish the story. --Caroline Ward, Nassau Library System, Uniondale, NYCopyright 1992 Reed Business... |
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Beware, Take Care |
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| Author: |
Lilian Moore |
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Hardcover |
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0805069178 |
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A fun fright-fest for any time of the year |
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I'll Meet You at the Cucumbers |
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| Author: |
Lilian Moore |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0613908007 |
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From Publishers Weekly
The city mouse/country mouse story is enhanced with a gentle lesson on friendship. Ages 6-9. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 2-5 Adam Mouse, a self-pro claimed country fellow who thinks in poetic images, is reluctant to accompa ny his adventuresome friend, Junius , on weekly trips to the city. After Adam begins writing his ``thinking- aloud ideas'' to city pen pal Amanda, he agrees to leave the peace of the fa miliar farm just for a day. Among his city adventures is a trip to the public library, where Amanda helps him real ize that he is a poet and that poets are important people. All of the characters are deftly developed, particularly Adam. ``You... |
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I'll Meet You at the Cucumbers |
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| Author: |
Lilian Moore |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0689312431 |
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From Publishers Weekly
The city mouse/country mouse story is enhanced with a gentle lesson on friendship. Ages 6-9. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 2-5 Adam Mouse, a self-pro claimed country fellow who thinks in poetic images, is reluctant to accompa ny his adventuresome friend, Junius , on weekly trips to the city. After Adam begins writing his ``thinking- aloud ideas'' to city pen pal Amanda, he agrees to leave the peace of the fa miliar farm just for a day. Among his city adventures is a trip to the public library, where Amanda helps him real ize that he is a poet and that poets are important people. All of the characters are deftly developed, particularly Adam. ``You... |
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I'll Meet You at the Cucumbers |
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| Author: |
Lilian Moore |
Book Review
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Paperback |
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0689844964 |
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From Publishers Weekly
The city mouse/country mouse story is enhanced with a gentle lesson on friendship. Ages 6-9. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 2-5 Adam Mouse, a self-pro claimed country fellow who thinks in poetic images, is reluctant to accompa ny his adventuresome friend, Junius , on weekly trips to the city. After Adam begins writing his ``thinking- aloud ideas'' to city pen pal Amanda, he agrees to leave the peace of the fa miliar farm just for a day. Among his city adventures is a trip to the public library, where Amanda helps him real ize that he is a poet and that poets are important people. All of the characters are deftly developed, particularly Adam. ``You... |
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Little Raccoon |
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| Author: |
Lilian Moore |
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Hardcover |
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0805065431 |
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From Publishers Weekly
For the younger set, Little Raccoon by Lilian Moore, illus. by Doug Cushman, unites three previously published nature adventures (Little Raccoon and the Thing in the Pool; Little Raccoon and the Outside World; and Little Raccoon and No Trouble at All). Humorous b&w vignettes appear throughout the beginning chapter book.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 2-4. First published separately in the 1960s and 1970s, the three stories in this short, amusing chapter book feature a little raccoon who is becoming increasingly self-reliant. In "The Thing in the Pool," Little Raccoon looks into a pool of water and is frightened by his reflection until he learns to befriend it. "The Outside World" shows him venturing beyond the wood for the first time to... |
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Dinosaurs |
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Lee Bennett Hopkins (Editor) |
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0152234969 |
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From Publishers Weekly
With its striking black-and-white drawings, this collection of 18 poems will transport readers back to the days when these behemoths roamed the earth. Ages 3-8. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6 Joining the ever-growing collection of dinosaur lore is Hopkins' new poetry anthology. Not a bad idea, and there is no question as to the literary merit of these poems; the poets include Lillian Moore, Myra Cohn Livingston, and Lillian M. Fisher. But Hopkins has dug up bones, not dinosaurs. These poems celebrate museum displays, not teeth-knashing, tail-twitching giants. Even the more recent poems included here lack the bounce, strut, and giggling nastiness that kids love in Silverstein's A Light in the Attic (Harper, 1981) or... |
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Hooray for Me! |
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| Author: |
Remy Charlip |
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Hardcover |
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1883672430 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Back in print with new cover art and a fresh design, the 1975 Hooray For Me! by Remy Charlip and Lilian Moore will transport readers back to the "me" decade. Vera B. Williams's watercolors depict dancing people of all colors-yellow, brown, even green and blue-celebrating themselves and their family relationships: phrases like "I am my big sister's baby brother" and "I am my cousin's cousin," painted in wild colors, are part of the pictures. New page borders by Williams add to the psychedelic effect.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Ages 4^-7. Larger and livelier than the original (1975) book, which has been out of print, this version of Hooray for Me! gives an old favorite a new look. An upbeat cover illustration invites readers. Inside,... |
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