Ann Warren Turner, Author . Scholastic/Point $4.99 (113p) ISBN 978-0-439-52831-3
"Using spare vignettes laid out like poetry, Turner recalls the summer she was six years old, when she was sexually abused by a neighbor," wrote PW. "The emotional truth comes through clearly." Ages 12-up. (June)
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Ann Warren Turner, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $14.95 (166p) ISBN 978-0-02-789511-7
After the Civil War, Sam's father decides that he's had enough of the overworked Kentucky bottomland that he has farmed for his in-laws. He takes his family by wagon to the Dakota Territory, where land is as cheap as the cost of settling it. Sam can'
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Ann Warren Turner, Author Harcourt Children's Books $16 (176p) ISBN 978-0-15-200212-1
Two families in turmoil--a doll family and a human family--share the stage in this fantasy, which partly succeeds. Emily and Rose have to move to Gran's house in the country for a year because of their father's heart attack. In her attic, they...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (164p) ISBN 978-0-06-026127-6
The Morgenthaus seem content with their new house, but nine-year-old Rosemary feels a chill. Then she discovers that the house is haunted by the spirit of a girl named Mathilda. Neglected and never loved, Mathilda's hurt and anger has somehow...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author Scholastic Press $14.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-439-15309-6
Using spare vignettes laid out like poetry, Turner (Nettie's Trip South) recalls the summer she was six years old, when she was sexually abused by a neighbor. Convincingly assuming a child's voice, the narrative blends Annie's routine activities...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, James Graham Hale, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $13.95 (31p) ISBN 978-0-06-026189-4
``Let me tell the story this time, Momma,'' says a small Oriental boy. ``Once I was a picture you held in your hand,'' he begins, and tells how he ``flew through night and moon and stars'' to his new home. Though frightened, the plucky boy clutches...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Sandi Wickersham Resnick, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-789281-9
This quiet picture book focuses on a hardworking family in an old-fashioned farming community. The Clarks of Apple Valley tend a vast apple orchard which is the cornerstone of their livelihood. Each season brings new wonders of nature--and new...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Robert Norieka, Illustrator, Robert Noreika, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $14.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-02-789513-1
Using clear imagery and rich watercolors, Turner ( Apple Valley Year ) and first-time illustrator Noreika create a collection of nature poems that shimmers with life. Beginning with winter, the book devotes a section of seven poems to each season....
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Wendell Minor, Illustrator , illus. by Wendell Minor. HarperTrophy $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-051107-4
"The author chronologically organizes the biography into accessible vignettes, each accompanied by a finely detailed illustration marked by sharp, nearly photographic definitions," wrote PW. Ages 6-9. (Jan.)
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Wendell Minor, Illustrator , illus. by Wendell Minor. HarperCollins $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-051399-3
A somber picture of the legendary Sioux chief, Sitting Bull, crouched alone within the confines of a dark room after defeat, opens this lyrical biography: “In this place of fences, strange smells/ …where finally I am caught/ and cannot...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Wendell Minor, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-025369-1
As exquisite and simple as a well-browned loaf of bread, this elegantly designed picture book celebrates the ordered existence of a Shaker village. Each stanza offers a small glimpse of the Shaker way of life-""Morning is a golden face,/ hands to...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Wendell Minor, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-027577-8
Minor's (Red Fox Running) stately, lifelike paintings and Turner's (Learning to Swim) anecdotal narrative--written in the conversational voice of Lincoln--shape an insightful portrait of this leader. The author chronologically organizes the text...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Salley Mavor, Illustrator , illus. by Salley Mavor. HarperCollins $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-023730-1
Mavor's (Mary Had a Little Lamb) distinctive, multidimensional art, a satisfying pastiche of curios, fabrics and creative needlework, is surely the heart of this visually enticing volume. Doll-like characters pop from the pages as Turner (Drummer
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Raul Colon, Illustrator HarperCollins Children's Books $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-024564-1
In this tender if familiar picture book, a doll named Emma lovingly describes the fellow denizens of a dollhouse, which belongs to Girl and Boy. Emma also colorfully tells of the exciting (and sometimes dangerous) adventures she and the other dolls...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Lois Ehlert, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-027085-8
All the world is a Rorschach test in this imagination-stretching look at nature. In a series of brief scenarios, Turner (Shaker Hearts) describes her sightings of various ""angels"" in the wild. From Wood Angels (made of ""leaves and nuts/ and...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Beth Peck, Illustrator MacMillan Publishing Company $12.95 (54p) ISBN 978-0-02-789300-7
The lives of primitive cave dwellers, an unlikely subject for children's fiction, emerge in this short novel about a boy with an artistic, mystical gift. Scar Boy longs for a special talent, and thus a name, that will bring him distinction. (His...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Ronald Himler, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-789240-6
Turner's Dakota Dugout and Third Girl from the Left proved her ability to write of the settlers' hard lives on the Plains. This time she presents, in the form of a sparely written, evocative letter to a friend, a young girl's impressions of the...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Dennis Nolan, Illustrator Hyperion Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0313-2
Turner's (Shaker Hearts; Angel Hide and Seek) somewhat labored story of a family's difficult journey to the California gold rush territory is filled with details familiar to most adults, but centered on an idiosyncrasy. At the beginning, the...
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Nancy Edwards Calder, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-023429-4
In a series of tender, free-verse poems, a house and its inhabitants are each given voice to express their thoughts about the holiday. The house itself talks about the curious children on Christmas morning: ``My stairs know their quiet steps/ before
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Ann Warren Turner, Author, Mark Hess, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-027696-6
Turner (Dust for Dinner) takes readers to a Civil War battlefield in this disturbing picture book narrated by an idealistic 13-year-old. The premise is much the same as that of Gary Paulsen's novel Soldier's Heart (reviewed July 20); unfortunately,...
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