Brian Lies, Author . Moon Mountain $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-9677929-2-7
Previously met in Hamlet and the Enormous Chinese Dragon Kite, best friends Hamlet the pig and Quince the porcupine are back, headed for trouble once again as they take the train to the beach. Ever-optimistic Hamlet can think of nothing but what he...
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Brian Lies, Author . Moon Mountain $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-931659-01-7
In the first of the series, the hero decides to go fly a kite that soon lifts him to the sky; in the second, he takes a train to the beach with the intention of constructing a masterpiece. "No brooding Danish prince, this Hamlet is an...
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Brian Lies, Houghton Mifflin, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-547-24970-4
Baseball stadiums have an innate magic, never more so than in the hands of Lies, whose latest has the winged creatures gathering for an epic game, complete with "beenuts and Cricket Jack," and an upside down audience. Smooth, unhurried rhymes...
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Brian Lies, Author Moon Mountain Publishing $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-931659-03-1
In the first of the series, the hero decides to go fly a kite that soon lifts him to the sky; in the second, he takes a train to the beach with the intention of constructing a masterpiece. ""No brooding Danish prince, this Hamlet is an adventure-
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Brian Lies. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-544-53433-9
Lies (Bats at the Beach) urges readers to “squeeze the day” as he follows an alligator family’s at-home silliness (“If something in the fridge has gone bad... I’ll let you smell it, too”) and outdoor adventures. “I might even agree to do something...
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Brian Lies. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-544-94882-2
Expressive artwork distinguishes this celebration of working together by Lies (The Rough Patch). “Dear Izzy,” a note from Bear reads. “Please come at once!” It’s starting to snow, but Izzy the chipmunk starts out gamely, swinging lantern in tow....
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Brian Lies, Author, Brian Lies, Illustrator . Houghton Mifflin $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-99923-1
Lies's (Bats at the Beach
) much-lauded bats are back and the library's got them—thanks to a window left open by an unsuspecting (or perhaps sympathetic) librarian. Although the young ones initially misbehave (they make photocopies...
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Brian Lies, Author, Brian Lies, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-395-68391-0
With precocious critters drawn in a clean, hard-edged style similar to that of Berkeley Breathed (minus the airbrush), Lies (illustrator of the Flatfoot Fox books) offers a promising picture book, his solo debut. No brooding Danish prince, his...
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Brian Lies. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-544-10569-0
Given how important echolocation is to bats, it should come as no surprise that they’re secret music-lovers. That’s the case with Lies’s colony, anyway, back in a fourth book. When night falls, the bats head to a summer theater where act after act...
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Brian Lies. Greenwillow, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-267127-1
The polished, jaunty spreads that open this story by Lies (Gator Dad) give little hint of the deep emotion to come. Evan, a fox, cuts a handsome figure in his overalls and wire-rimmed spectacles, and he and his beloved black-and-white dog are always
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Brian Lies. Clarion, $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-358-26984-7
Little Bat, a nocturnal youth who wears swimming floaties, can’t wait for his first night of school: “When is sunset?” he pesters his mother. Upon finally arriving, though, he’s spurned by the first bats he meets (“We’re already playing... with each
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Brian Lies. Greenwillow, $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-0626-7128-8
Caldecott Honoree Lies turns a cat-and-mouse tale into a handcrafted visual tour through art history in this immersive picture book. When a gray kitten snoozing atop a sofa suddenly spots a mouse, the latter escapes by leaping into an “Egyptian...
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