Bethany Roberts, Author, Maryjane Begin, Author, Maryjane Begin, Illustrator Little Brown and Company $14.45 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-74982-4
Tracing the bedtime dialogue between a feisty youngster and his mother, this captivating picture book runs in much the same vein as Margaret Wise Brown's classic The Runaway Bunny. Here, as day draws to a close, a little rebel boasts of his...
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Bethany Roberts, Author, Kay Chorao, Illustrator , illus. by Kay Chorao. Holt $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6486-5
A small squirrel with a big imagination plays a rousing game of "what if" in Roberts's (Halloween Mice!)
reassuring picture book about a common childhood fear. In the care of Aunt Lily, Rosie wants to know when her parents will be home.
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Bethany Roberts, Author, Doug Cushman, Illustrator, Doug Gushman, Illustrator Clarion Books $13 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-77518-9
decorated cards to woodland pals. Roberts's simple, somewhat choppy text introduces beginning readers to basic words and rhyming sounds as the four mice, bundled up against the cold, make their rounds: ""One to the rabbit, two for the squirrels,...
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Bethany Roberts, Author, Doug Cushman, Illustrator, Doug Gushman, Illustrator Clarion Books $13 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-12040-6
In another reenactment, Thanksgiving Mice! by Bethany Roberts, illus. by Doug Cushman, rodents are the stars. Simple rhyming text and historical basics come together as the Holiday Mice present a play. (Sept.)
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Bethany Roberts, Author, Doug Cushman, Illustrator, Doug Gushman, Illustrator Clarion Books $13 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-07772-4
When a mouse turns two, friends and family throw a cowboy theme party in Birthday Mice!, the fifth title in the Holiday Mice series by Bethany Roberts, illus. by Doug Cushman. (Oct.)
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Roberts (Valentine Mice; Follow Me!) focuses on two parallel gardens—one carefully cultivated, the other the product of nature—in this cheery picture book. "I planted a garden. The wind planted a garden, too," announces the...
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Bethany Roberts, Author, Vladimir Vagin, Illustrator , illus. by Vladimir Vagin. Holt $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6974-7
Move over, Gingerbread Boy—there's a new talking baked good fresh out of the oven. Smiling, whispering snowflakes laced with Santa's magic breeze into a family's home, bringing the iced and sugar-sprinkled “cookie angelR
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Bethany Roberts, Author, Maryjane Begin, Illustrator Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-74958-9
""A little rebel boasts of his adventurous plans, while his mother calmly proceeds with nighttime rituals. Fantasy and daily life combine enticingly,"" said PW. Ages 3-7. (Sept.)
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Bethany Roberts, Author, Diane Greenseid, Author, Diane Greenseid, Illustrator Clarion Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-82268-5
Octopus Mum leads her eight little charges out of their cave in this waterlogged outing. Roberts's (Cat Parade) verse is attuned to the needs of a young audience, with plenty of bounce and onomatopoeia (""Blow bubbles with this parrot fish./ Dance...
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