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A Child's Christmas in Wales (with woodcuts by Ellen Raskin) |
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Dylan Thomas |
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0811215601 |
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From Publishers Weekly
"December, in my memory, is as white as Lapland," Thomas recalls, reading a line from "A Child's Christmas in Wales." For the poet, December also bursts with "deadly snowballs," "blue knuckles" and snow that "grows overnight on the roofs of houses." Although phrases like these are beautiful on their own, hearing Thomas speak them adds a magnificent melancholy. He recorded these six pieces in New York City in 1952, and they've been remastered and collected into one wonderful package. In the title story, Thomas marvels at winter's quirky delights: presents and holiday sweets (including candy cigarettes), snow boots and footprints, aunts who lace their tea with rum, wind rustling through the trees, family music recitals and caroling (Thomas even sings a line or two of Good King Wenceslas). His Welsh-accented voice... |
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Westing Game |
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Ellen Raskin |
Book Review
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014240120X |
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From AudioFile
THE WESTING GAME is a sly murder mystery. (Puzzle might be a better word--there's really only cartoon grisliness in this book.) Woodman's youthful voice and energetic delivery fit it perfectly. Expertly, he distinguishes at least a dozen principals of wildly varying age, class and ethnicity, avoiding the annoying falsetto that many male readers use to portray women and children. It's a great performance. S.P. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine
Booklist, starred review
A supersharp mystery . . . Confoundingly clever, and very funny.
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Westing Game |
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Ellen Raskin |
Book Review
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0140386645 |
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From AudioFile
THE WESTING GAME is a sly murder mystery. (Puzzle might be a better word--there's really only cartoon grisliness in this book.) Woodman's youthful voice and energetic delivery fit it perfectly. Expertly, he distinguishes at least a dozen principals of wildly varying age, class and ethnicity, avoiding the annoying falsetto that many male readers use to portray women and children. It's a great performance. S.P. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine
Booklist, starred review
A supersharp mystery. . . . Confoundingly clever, and very funny.
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The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) |
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| Author: |
Ellen Raskin |
Book Review
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Paperback |
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0140329455 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Raskin's zany sense of humor is in full swing in both of these novels. Ages 10-14. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Card catalog description
The disappearance of her husband is only the first of the mysteries Mrs. Carillon must solve.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
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Westing Game |
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Ellen Raskin |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0525471375 |
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From AudioFile
THE WESTING GAME is a sly murder mystery. (Puzzle might be a better word--there's really only cartoon grisliness in this book.) Woodman's youthful voice and energetic delivery fit it perfectly. Expertly, he distinguishes at least a dozen principals of wildly varying age, class and ethnicity, avoiding the annoying falsetto that many male readers use to portray women and children. It's a great performance. S.P. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine
Booklist, starred review
A supersharp mystery. . . . Confoundingly clever, and very funny.
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
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The Westing Game |
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Ellen Raskin |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0525423206 |
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From AudioFile
THE WESTING GAME is a sly murder mystery. (Puzzle might be a better word--there's really only cartoon grisliness in this book.) Woodman's youthful voice and energetic delivery fit it perfectly. Expertly, he distinguishes at least a dozen principals of wildly varying age, class and ethnicity, avoiding the annoying falsetto that many male readers use to portray women and children. It's a great performance. S.P. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine
Booklist, starred review
A supersharp mystery. . . . Confoundingly clever, and very funny.
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
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For Laughing Out Loud: Poems to Tickle Your Funnybone |
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Jack Prelutsky |
Book Review
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0394821440 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Prelutsky introduces this volume of humorous poems with a verse of his own: "If you have got a funnybone, / and I've no doubt you do, / then this completely silly book / is sure to tickle you." The poems are silly, full of high jinksstet spelling per Web. and clever nonsense. Although the author and title indexes at the end of the book are useful, a table of contents would have clarified the book's loose organization. A verse about Bella's new umbrella is followed by one about ghouls' ghoul-oshes. Poems about nuts, noodles and bananas fill one double-page spread while verses about rattlesnake meat, jellyfish stew and eating eels occupy another. Priceman's ( Friend or Frog ; Rachel Fister's Blister ) slapdash watercolor illustrations are full of energy and high spirits, perfectly suited to this eclectic collection... |
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Figgs and Phantoms |
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| Author: |
Ellen Raskin |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0613195124 |
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Card catalog description
Chronicles the adventures of the unusual Figg family after they left show business and settled in the town of Pineapple.
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The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) |
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| Author: |
Ellen Raskin |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0613925076 |
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Usually ships within 3-5 weeks. We cannot guarantee availability of special order titles because publishers may run out of stock. We will notify you in 3-4 weeks if we are unable to get this title for you. |
From Publishers Weekly
Raskin's zany sense of humor is in full swing in both of these novels. Ages 10-14. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Card catalog description
The disappearance of her husband is only the first of the mysteries Mrs. Carillon must solve.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
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Piping Down the Valleys Wild: Poetry for the Young of All Ages |
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Nancy Larrick |
Book Review
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0440415829 |
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Review
"Here is a treasury of favorite favorites, the poems that children find irresistable.... This will be a prized and popular anthology."—The Horn Book
Review
"Here is a treasury of favorite favorites, the poems that children find irresistable.... This will be a prized and popular anthology."?The Horn Book
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Westing Game |
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Ellen Raskin |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0881039713 |
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From AudioFile
THE WESTING GAME is a sly murder mystery. (Puzzle might be a better word--there's really only cartoon grisliness in this book.) Woodman's youthful voice and energetic delivery fit it perfectly. Expertly, he distinguishes at least a dozen principals of wildly varying age, class and ethnicity, avoiding the annoying falsetto that many male readers use to portray women and children. It's a great performance. S.P. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine
Booklist, starred review
A supersharp mystery. . . . Confoundingly clever, and very funny.
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
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