Candy Dawson Boyd, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $14.95 (182p) ISBN 978-0-02-726350-3
Chartreuse (Charlie) is convinced that her authoritarian father hates her because he always yells at her. So, she is shocked to learn from her grandmother, Mama Bliss, that Mr. Pippin was a ""rebel'' too at her age. For a class project, Charlie...
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Candy Dawson Boyd, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $16 (176p) ISBN 978-0-02-711765-3
An African American boy must come to grips with his mother's remarriage, his father's relocation and his difficult fifth grade teacher in this novel about making adjustments. Joey Davis longs for the days when his parents were still together; since...
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Candy Dawson Boyd, Author Puffin Books $5.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-14-036859-8
In describing how Joey adapts to a new stepfather, Boyd ``tackles several important issues,'' according to PW. Ages 8-12. (Jan.)
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Candy Dawson Boyd, Author, Floyd Cooper, Illustrator Philomel Books $16.99 (1p) ISBN 978-0-399-22745-5
Boyd's image-laden narrative makes a passionate appeal to ""Daddy"" to ""be there"" to share the small and significant incidents in a child's life and-more incisively-to right the wrongs, some of which have been created by Daddy himself. The words...
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Candy Dawson Boyd, Author, Candy Dawson Boyd, Author, Floyd Cooper, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $5.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-698-11750-1
""Though cloying, Boyd's poetic plea [for hands-on fathering] strikes deep notes that will ring true for many children and parents,"" said PW. All ages. (Sept.)
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