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Snug as a Big Red Bug

By Frank B. Edwards, John Bianchi, illus.

Part of a series of rhyming picture books, these are designed to help four- to six-year-olds learn to read. They certainly do not help them learn about scansion, as most of the rhymes are off ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Nightgown Countdown

By Frank B. Edwards, John Bianchi, illus.

Part of a series of rhyming picture books, these are designed to help four- to six-year-olds learn to read. They certainly do not help them learn about scansion, as most of the rhymes are off ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Crowded Ride in the Countryside

By Frank B. Edwards, John Bianchi, illus.

Part of a series of rhyming picture books, these are designed to help four- to six-year-olds learn to read. They certainly do not help them learn about scansion, as most of the rhymes are off ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Lucy Doll

By Diane Jarvis Jones

Lucy, a charmingly photogenic doll, narrates this account of the physical abuse a nine-year-old girl suffers at the hands of mean-spirited children. Jones’s books are consciousness-raising material. This one is endorsed by Meg Hickling, an ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Tangled in the Bay: The Story of a Baby Right Whale

By Deborah Tobin, Jeffrey C. Domm, illus

A whale researcher on a routine mission catches sight of a baby whale tangled in a fishing net in the Bay of Fundy. Special whale rescuers are called in from Cape Cod to free Pasha, ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Barnyard Bestiary

By David Bouchard, Kimball Allen, illus.

The medieval bestiary was an illustrated book that described animals – many of them exotic, some imaginary and fantastic – for an insatiably curious western audience. Bouchard has adapted this concept to present a collection ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Great Poochini

By Gary Clement

The Great Poochini is the story of Signor Poochini, known to his human master as Jack and to the canine opera world as a world-famous lyric tenor. The book begins with Poochini set to star ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

When We Go Camping

By Margriet Ruurs, Andrew Kiss, illus.

The author and illustrator of A Mountain Alphabet rejoin to create this picture book featuring West Coast scenery. Waking early in a wonderful wilderness world, a sister and brother drag their canoe into the water ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Biggest Fish in the Lake

By Margaret Carney, Janet Wilson, illus.

Naturalist Margaret Carney and award-winning Ontario illustrator Janet Wilson make fishing the focus of their take on the popular picture-book theme of a young girl learning to appreciate nature while spending idyllic days with her ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Buzz, Buzz, Buzz

By Verónica Uribe, Gloria Calderón, illus.

The moonlit night is quiet, and Juliana and Andrés are trying to go to sleep. But a pesky mosquito keeps buzzing, “back and forth, in and out, round about, trying to bite – bzzZZZZZzz bzzzzZZZZZZzzz ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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