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My Brother Louis Measures Worms |
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Barbara Robinson |
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How is it that Louis has been driving his mother's car around town if he's only eight years old? Where did the cat go to have her kittens? Who won the free wedding? Whether it's costume parades, mysterious paint allergies, or bicycle disasters, there's never a dull moment when the Lawson family is around! Ages 8+
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Young Mary Elizabeth relates the humorous misadventures of her brother Louis and the other wacky members of her unpredictable, very odd family.
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Seashore Book |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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A boy's mother describes the shore in what PW termed "tactile, vivid and musical images"; watercolors "evoke place with imaginative accuracy and visual grace." Ages 3-8. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Kindergarten-Grade 2-- A young boy who lives in the mountains and has never seen the sea, asks his mother to describe it. From there, Zolotow carefully chooses her words to create a poem full of the colors, sounds, and sights of a day at the beach. The verbal description is firmly framed within oceans of white space on the left and matched by the equally well-crafted gouache and watercolor paintings on the right. Minor's softly detailed photoreal renderings use the perspective of a gull to capture the vastness of the sea and sky as... |
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William's Doll |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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0064430677 |
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More than anything, William wants a doll. "Don't be a creep," says his brother. "Sissy, sissy," chants the boy next door. Then one day someone really understands William's wish, and makes it easy for others to understand, too.
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William's father gives him a basketball and a train but these do not make him want a doll less.
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Quarreling Book |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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0064430340 |
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‘Gruffness and anger is passed along from person to person until a little dog starts a chain of happiness that reverses the trend. [A] pleasant picture book [that touches on] emotional maturity.’ —ALA Children’s Services Division.
About the Author
Charlotte Zolotow is a revered name in children's literature. She is a prolific, much-honored author with over seventy titles published, including the classic Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, and the groundbreaking William's Doll, illustrated by William PÉne du Bois. In addition, she has been a distinguished editor and publisher (she is now a HarperCollins Publisher Emerita), and by extension, an innovative educator. Her editorial career began under the... |
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Big Sister and Little Sister |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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0064432173 |
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A small girl runs away from her domineering older sister, only to discover how much she is needed and loved. ‘A heartwarming picture book for small girls.’ —BL. Children's Books of the Year 1966 (CSA)
About the Author
Charlotte Zolotow is a revered name in children's literature. She is a prolific, much-honored author with over seventy titles published, including the classic Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, and the groundbreaking William's Doll, illustrated by William PÉne du Bois. In addition, she has been a distinguished editor and publisher (she is now a HarperCollins Publisher Emerita), and by extension, an innovative educator. Her editorial career began under the brilliant Ursula Nordstrom, publisher... |
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The Seashore Book |
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| Author: |
Charlotte Zolotow |
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0060202130 |
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From Publishers Weekly
When a boy asks his mother, "What is the seashore like?" she lovingly describes what might happen if they spent a day together in the sand. Zolotow's images are tactile, vivid and musical: cold sea water makes the boy's "skin feel like peppermint"; he sees the sandpipers' "claw prints / like pencil lines in the sand"; and the "swishswashing sound" of the waves in the afternoon lulls him to sleep. Sometimes the text seems at variance with the art--as when Zolotow describes the boy running after an airplane's shadow and twirling himself around until he falls down in the sand, and Minor portrays him waving at the orange airplane--but this is a small caveat in an otherwise notable book. As in Sierra and Heartland, Minor's crisply detailed watercolors evoke place with imaginative accuracy and visual grace, and... |
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I Know a Lady |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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0688115195 |
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Touching and gentle, this deceptively simple tale concerns a girl who muses about a kindhearted neighborhood senior. Ages 4-up. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-- The New York Times Book Review
"Perfect."
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Joyful Noise |
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Paul Fleischman |
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0060218533 |
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Winner of the 1989 Newbery Award, Joyful Noise is a children's book of poetry about insects that was designed for two readers to enjoy together. On each page are two columns of verse for children to alternate reading aloud about the lives of six-legged creatures ranging from fireflies writing in the sky to a love affair between two lice, crickets eating pie crumbs and the single day in the life of a mayfly. Charming large scale soft-pencil illustrations enhance the comical, easy-to-read text.
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From Publishers Weekly
In resonant voices and striking use of language, this 1989 Newbery Medal-winner explores the various sounds and concerns of the insect world. All ages. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present |
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| Author: |
Charlotte Zolotow |
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0064430200 |
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Any collaborative effort by the esteemed Charlotte Zolotow and the illustrious Maurice Sendak is bound to be a success. These beloved creators of countless children's favorites outdo themselves with this 1963 Caldecott Honor-winning classic about a little girl in need of assistance. Finding a birthday present for her mother is no easy task for our heroine. Luckily, she happens upon the avuncular Mr. Rabbit, whose heart is in the right place, even if he doesn't always have the best ideas. Ultimately, his suggestions do come in handy, and between the two of them they determine the ideal birthday tribute: the gift of color. Children will join the protagonists in contemplating how to make the abstract tangible, and all readers will be delighted to see yellow translate to bananas, as green is given in pears, and blue takes the... |
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The Old Dog |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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0060244097 |
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From Publishers Weekly
With pensive, autumnal oils, Ransome (Aunt Flossie's Hats & Crab Cakes Later) tenderly illustrates this quiet book about the death of a pet. Each full-page painting faces a text page bordered with a panel of fallen leaves-a fitting symbol of the natural but painful close of the life cycle. Ben, the African American protagonist, discovers that his old dog has died. The ordinary events that follow help define both what it means to die ("Ben went to pat his dog good morning. She didn't open her eyes") and to mourn ("He walked to school slowly, and when he came home, old dog wasn't at the door to meet him"). Ben grieves over the dog; in a particularly moving, uncaptioned painting, Ransome shows Ben using his fists to block the tears in his eyes. In the half-expected conclusion, his parents bring home a new puppy.... |
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Seasons |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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0060266996 |
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Looking through this reassuring beginning reader is like taking a nostalgic stroll through a miniature Norman Rockwell painting. The quiet poems and etched pen-and-ink drawings from this team, previously paired for I Like to Be Little, seem vaguely familiar children huddle in yellow raincoats under an umbrella, ride bareback on a brown farm horse or watch stars on the porch of a Victorian house. The images hark back to an uncomplicated childhood in which mothers hang out the wash on a windy day and desks have no computers. Zolotow filters each poem through the lens of a child's sense of wonder, as she describes a cat as "a furry purry lovely/ mystery" or the "special kind of quiet" that accompanies the first snow of the season. The tranquil simplicity of the verses is particularly suitable for struggling new... |
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Storm Book |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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0064431940 |
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From the last moments of an oppressively hot day, to the moment a rainbow breaks out over the countryside, this Caldecott Honor book lyrically explores the impact of a storm. Ages 3-7. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-- The Horn Book
"An outstanding book."
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Over and Over |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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006443415X |
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‘The year’s seasonal changes and festivities that are important in a little child’s life are imaginatively [described]. . . . The story ends with the happy realization that it will all come round ‘over and over’ again.’ —H.
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A little girl and her mother observe the passage of the seasons as they celebrate the year's holidays, beginning with Christmas and ending after Thanksgiving with a birthday wish that the cycle begin all over again.
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Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present |
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| Author: |
Charlotte Zolotow |
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0060269456 |
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Book Review
Any collaborative effort by the esteemed Charlotte Zolotow and the illustrious Maurice Sendak is bound to be a success. These beloved creators of countless children's favorites outdo themselves with this 1963 Caldecott Honor-winning classic about a little girl in need of assistance. Finding a birthday present for her mother is no easy task for our heroine. Luckily, she happens upon the avuncular Mr. Rabbit, whose heart is in the right place, even if he doesn't always have the best ideas. Ultimately, his suggestions do come in handy, and between the two of them they determine the ideal birthday tribute: the gift of color. Children will join the protagonists in contemplating how to make the abstract tangible, and all readers will be delighted to see yellow translate to bananas, as green is given in pears, and blue takes the... |
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Hating Book |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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0064431975 |
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From Publishers Weekly
When a girl's friend ignores her completely, all bad feelings get out of hand, in this gentle look at friendship. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
I hate hate hated my friend. When I moved over in the school bus, she sat somewhere else. When her point broke in arithmetic and I passed her my pencil,she took Peter's instead."Ask her," my mother said."Ask your friend why."
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William's Doll |
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| Author: |
Charlotte Zolotow |
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0060270470 |
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Notable Children's Books of 1971–1975 (ALA)
Best Books of 1972 (SLJ)
Outstanding Children's Books of 1972 (NYT)
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William's father gives him a basketball and a train but these do not make him want a doll less.
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William's Doll |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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0060270489 |
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Notable Children's Books of 1971–1975 (ALA)
Best Books of 1972 (SLJ)
Outstanding Children's Books of 1972 (NYT)
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William's father gives him a basketball and a train but these do not make him want a doll less.
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When the Wind Stops |
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Charlotte Zolotow |
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0064434729 |
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K?A perfect introduction to natural science. Although this new version (Harper, 1962; o.p.) has a completely new look and the text has been revised somewhat, the quiet, contemplative mood is unchanged. A young boy is reluctant for his day to end, but his mother assures him that nothing in the natural world ends. "It begins in another place, or in a different way." She responds with rich verbal images to his questions about where the wind, waves, and clouds go, and about the changes of the seasons. Revisions in the text include more questions about the environment and the elimination of questions about man-made things, such as trains and roads. Vitale's illustrations provide a visual response to the simple questions asked, while adding interesting detail about various forms of underwater life, the... |
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