Carol Greene, Author HarperCollins Publishers $11.95 (76p) ISBN 978-0-06-022208-6
In this bittersweet sequel to Robin Hill, Robin expects her summer to be long and boring. Her budding friendship with Melissa seems on track; then Melissa reads Robin's diary. Jenny moves in next door and she and Robin are in perfect syncthey share...
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Carol Greene, Author, Christopher Gray, Illustrator Concordia Publishing House $4.99 (1p) ISBN 978-0-570-04810-7
New to the Read-n-Sing Bible Stories series, this collection of hokey verses can be sung to the tune of ""Joy to the World"": ""So down the dusty road they went/ To little Bethlehem./ But all the inns/ Were filled up full./ There was no room for...
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Carol Greene, Author, Linda Bronson, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $15.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-027946-2
The Story of Halloween by Carol Greene, illus. by Linda Bronson, explains the myriad traditions that helped shape the holiday as we know it, beginning with ancient Celtic and Roman harvest rites then moving on to the tricks, lanterns and disguises...
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Carol Greene, Author, Leonard Jenkins, Illustrator HarperCollins $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-027326-2
Through her poetic reflection on the fate of an old river boat, Greene (The Golden Locket) testifies to the enduring legacy of stories passed down through generations. Inspired by a boat that sank in the Wabash River in 1865, the tale describes the...
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Carol Greene, Author, Marcia Sewall, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $5 (36p) ISBN 978-0-15-201008-9
A gift of a locket sets off a succession of gift-giving. Greene's ""crisp narrative suits the plot's... ironies,"" said PW, ""while Sewall's folksy artwork adds its own wit and rustic charm."" Ages 4-8. (May)
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Carol Greene, Author, Marcia Sewall, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-231220-6
Miss Teaberry leads a simple life, until her cat finds a golden locket. After losing a day's work trying on dresses to go with it and a night's sleep worrying about burglars, she decides to give the bauble, anonymously, to the ``enchanting young...
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Carol Greene, Author, Greene, Author, Loretta Krupinski, Illustrator Hyperion Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0457-3
A stray feline snuggles its way into the heart of a woman reluctant to keep it in this sweet-natured picture book from the team behind The Old Ladies Who Liked Cats. When elderly Miss Perkins collects her mail one snowy day she finds ""one letter,...
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Carol Greene, Author, Steven Greene, Illustrator, Steven Dobson, Illustrator Children's Press(CT) $4.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-516-44202-0
This volume in the Rookie Biography series seems aimed at the same children who have recently become acquainted with I Can Read books. It's a purely utilitarian book; although it is neither particularly attractive nor written in lively language, it...
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Carol Greene, Author, Loretta Krupinski, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-022104-1
In this inspired variation on a story first told by Charles Darwin, Greene ( The Jenny Summer ; Robin Hill ) reveals a smoothly operating ecological chain. The sailors who protect a small island from invaders stay strong by drinking the milk...
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