Books by Alexander Stadler and Complete Book Reviews
Alexander Stadler, Author . Harcourt/Silver Whistle $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-202510-6
In this sympathetic tale of a budding bibliophile, a light-gray animal with bearish ears and a tentative manner receives her first library card and uses it to borrow a volume on dinosaurs. She smiles politely as the green, birdlike librarian tells...
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Alexander Stadler, Author . Harcourt/Silver Whistle $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-216816-2
Beverly, who became a library patron in Stadler's Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book, makes an unprepossessing theatrical debut here. The little gray creature loves playing dress-up at home. She decides on an acting career and plans on singing in
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Alexander Stadler, Author . FSG/Foster $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-34474-0
Reluctant ballerinas may sympathize with this title character, who exercises and exorcises a bad mood in dance class. After a difficult morning and a "try harder" mark on a book report, Lila needs a target for her wrath. "I despise...
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Alexander Stadler, Author . S&S/Wiseman $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-86732-3
"My name is Duncan Rumplemeyer, and I am not a bad kid—but sometimes I act like one." The cause of the hero's "bad birthday" stems from two problems: Duncan is having "one of [his] mischievous days" plus he does not
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Alexander Stadler, Author . Scholastic $15.99 (123p) ISBN 978-0-439-91966-1
First in what readers will hope will be a robust series, this hybrid of fiction and graphic novel dusts off a favorite conceit with a slick swipe of edgy visuals and tart commentary. Julian Rodriguez sits at his computer, tapping furiously: “Mo
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Alexander Stadler, Author Silver Whistle Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-204906-5
Practice makes perfect in Beverly Billingsly Can't Catch by Alexander Stadler, the third outing for this irrepressible heroine. Beverly loves softball (""she could stand in right field and sing as loud as she wanted, or watch butterflies""),...
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