Annette Langen, trans. from the German by Nina Maria Wieser, illus. by Marije Tolman. North-South (Ingram, dist.), $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4088-1
In a refreshingly modest Christmas story first published in Switzerland, two children take an imaginative journey across a snowy landscape to re-enact the story of baby Jesus. Traveling with a sheep and sled piled up with wood, the impish boy and...
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Annette Langen, Author, Constanza Droop, Illustrator Abbeville Kids $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55859-886-7
In one of the inaugural titles from the Abbeville Kids imprint, Sophie's family is returning from vacation when her stuffed rabbit, Felix, disappears in a crowded airport. Readers will spot the lost toy on the luggage conveyor depicted in the first...
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Annette Langen, Author, Sven Leberer, Illustrator, Sigrid Leberer, Illustrator Abbeville Press $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7892-0071-6
This maudlin account of an abandoned puppy taken in by a loving family is a tale only a sentimentalist could love. Pippo, as the pup is known, tells of being snatched rudely from his mother and given as a present to a boy, mistreated (""`Come here--n
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