A CHRISTMAS SAMPLER
Joan Walsh Anglund, . . Harcourt, $9.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-202113-9
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Reviewed on: 09/24/2001
Genre: Religion
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- Poems of ChildhoodJoan Walsh AnglundJoan Walsh Anglund accompanies her trademark illustrations of doll-like children (bereft of mouths and noses) with equally pat verse in Poems of Childhood. A uniformly sing-song meter dominates: Continue reading »
- Cowboy and His FriendJoan Walsh AnglundThe follow-up to Brave Cowboy, Cowboy and His Friend by Joan Walsh Anglund, first published in 1961, features the eponymous hero and his imaginary companion. Throughout, lively b&w line drawings Continue reading »
- Babies Are a Bit of HeavenJoan Walsh AnglundBabies Are a Bit of Heaven by Joan Walsh Anglund also celebrates new arrivals. ""Babies are a bit of heaven, here on earth . Right from the beginning, they are all lovable."" A small trim size Continue reading »
- Cowboy's Secret LifeJoan Walsh AnglundOn the eve of its 40th anniversary, Joan Walsh Anglund's Cowboy's Secret Life (1963) finds the hero of The Brave Cowboy and Cowboy and His Friend decked out in appropriate hat and spurs; he Continue reading »
- Little Angels' Alphabet of LoveJoan Walsh Anglund, John Walsh, D.B.A.Illustrated in her signature style, Joan Walsh Anglund's Little Angels' Alphabet of Love, originally published in 1997, features amorous cherubs demonstrating the ABCs of love: A is for Continue reading »
- A Child's YearJoan Walsh AnglundThe publication of these six Little Golden Books, released to commemorate the imprint's 50th anniversary, is indeed cause for celebration. The work of this impressive roundup of gifted authors and Continue reading »
- A Bedtime BookJoan Walsh AnglundThough this collection of nine brief story-poems may find an appreciative audience among Anglund's fans, most of the entries are curiously aimless. The sole exception--and the only tale told in Continue reading »
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