Ashley Spires, Author . Simply Read $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-897476-04-8
Inspired by the felt animal finger puppets Spires creates, this illustrator’s (The Red Shoes
) quirky authorial debut tells of an Antarctic resident who wearies of his fish diet. Tempted by news that creatures in the northern hemisphere lead &#
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Ashley Spires. Tundra, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-77049-484-8
Andrew, a school-going chickadee, has developed a problem common to many kids (and adults)—too many commitments are leading to burnout. It starts innocently: surely joining the debate club would help his drama performances. And why not karate and...
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Ashley Spires. Kids Can, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55453-701-3
Spires’s characters tend to have uneasy relationships with both themselves and their environments—from Binky the Space Cat, an adventuring feline who doesn’t leave his house, to Small Saul, a gentle pirate among ruffians. Larf fits right in with...
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Ashley Spires. Kids Can, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55453-704-4
For her story of a girl’s ambition to build “the most magnificent thing,” Spires (the Binky the Space Cat books) draws her towing a red wagon full of random junk. “The girl saws and glues and adjusts. She stands, examines and stares. She twists and...
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Ashley Spires. Kids Can, $15.95 (72p) ISBN 978-1-77138-127-7
Spires returns to the world of her Binky series in a spin-off graphic novel that gleefully toys with action/spy movie conventions. Sgt. Fluffy Vandermere, a gruff Persian cat, oversees the subterranean headquarters of Pets of the Universe Ready for...
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Ashley Spires. Crown, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-525-58144-4
Esther is a fairy who believes in science, not magic: “While the other fairies wish on stars, Esther conducts experiments.” The sprites have little patience for “her silly logical theories,” but when their pond disappears, Esther leads the way,...
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