FARFALLINA & MARCEL
Holly Keller, . . HarperTrophy, $5.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-06-443872-8
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Reviewed on: 10/25/2004
Genre: Children's
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- CECIL'S GARDENHolly KellerThe grass isn't always greener, family-wise, Cecil the rabbit discovers. Frustrated that he and his two siblings can't agree on what to plant in their garden, he visits other animal Continue reading »
- FARFALLINA & MARCELHolly KellerKeller (Cecil's Garden) introduces a caterpillar and gosling in a deceptively simple story of friendship and transformation. They meet in a rain shower one Continue reading »
- WHAT A HAT!Holly KellerKeller's (Farfallina & Marcel ) satisfying story introduces Henry and Wizzie, young rabbit siblings whose cousin Newton comes to visit. When Mama asks Continue reading »
- PEARL'S NEW SKATESHolly KellerIn this cunning caper, Keller (Farfallina & Marcel ) introduces a humorously headstrong young rabbit who receives a pair of ice skates for her birthday. Continue reading »
- Sophie's WindowHolly KellerAs she did in Farfallina & Marcel , Keller here shapes an affecting portrait of a friendship between two very different creatures. Caruso is a bird who lives Continue reading »
- Help!: A Story of FriendshipHolly KellerAs this straightforward, genial tale begins, Hedgehog discovers Mouse covering himself with leaves, trying to hide from their friend Snake. Why? “Fox told Skunk and Skunk told me that snakes Continue reading »
- Grandfather's DreamHolly KellerTo create this delicate yet penetrating book, Keller ( Horace ; Island Baby ) drew from her experience working on a project called Saving Cranes in Vietnam. Her prologue explains that the Sarus Continue reading »
- Nosy RosieHolly KellerKeller's (Farfallina & Marcel) slim yet cheery tale introduces a fox with a knack for sniffing out missing things. Rose finds Meadow's lost dress-up lipstick (""It smells red""), Spike's new baseball Continue reading »
- HoraceHolly KellerHorace is adopted. He is also spotted, and he is loved and cared for by his new mother and father--who are striped. But, as is frequently the case with adopted children who are ``different'' (``My Continue reading »
- Geraldine's Baby BrotherHolly KellerWith its drolly understated humor, this book offers a fresh, appealing variation on the theme of an older sibling adjusting to a new baby. Of course it helps that the heroine here is the Continue reading »
- Geraldine's Big SnowHolly KellerExcited when the weather report predicts a snowstorm, Keller's series heroine, a saucy pink pig, ""is full of her usual high spirits,"" said PW. Ages 3-up. Continue reading »
- Geraldine's Big SnowHolly KellerRumor that a a big storm is on the way has Geraldine preparing for a foot of snow. She has her sled down and her boots by the door. Outside, her neighbors are also getting ready: buying food, Continue reading »
- A Bear for ChristmasHolly KellerJoey, too young to read the tag on a big package from Grandma that says ""to Joey,'' has to ask Mama about it. She replies, ``Drink your milk,'' so Joey knows it's for him. She puts it away, but Joey Continue reading »
- Goodbye, MaxHolly KellerAuthor/illustrator Keller has the uncanny ability to tell an emotion-packed story with simplicity and directness. As in Geraldine's Blanket, the main character has lost something that cannot be Continue reading »
- Lizzie's InvitationHolly KellerEveryone gets invitations to Kate's party. Everyone, it seems, but Lizzie. She offers Kate carrot sticks, hoping that she'll be invited after all, but all Kate gives her are raisins. On the day of Continue reading »
- The Best PresentHolly KellerRosie, eight, is hoping to visit her grandmother in the hospital, but she falls two years short of the visitor age requirement. With the help of friend Kate, she tries to dress herself to look older, Continue reading »
- Maxine in the MiddleHolly KellerIt isn't easy being in the middle. Hand-me-down clothing, last year's Halloween costume, and missing all the special privileges that seem to go with being oldest or youngest leaves middle-child Continue reading »
- Island BabyHolly KellerAglow with the brilliant colors of the Caribbean landscape, Keller's ( Goodbye, Max ; Horace ) watercolor paintings positively dazzle the eye. Her crisply defined, unadorned scenes portray the rich Continue reading »
- Island BabyHolly KellerA boy finds a baby flamingo and restores it to health with the help of a nurse and a kind older man; PW termed the watercolors ``positively dazzling to the eye.'' Ages 4-up. Continue reading »
- Jacob's TreeHolly KellerJacob is tired of being ""too small,"" unable to keep up with his older siblings. The little bear takes his vitamins, drinks his milk, waits and waits, and still, according to the mark on the elm Continue reading »
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