Caroline Pitcher, Author, John W. Whelan, Author, Nilesh Mistry, Illustrator , illus. by Nilesh Mistry. Interlink/Crocodile $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56656-483-0
Pitcher (The Snow Whale) and Mistry (Stories from the Silk Road) teach readers about the life cycle of an elusive ocean-dweller in this agreeable story of a boy with a pet octopus. Set in what appears to be Greece, the book opens as Nico spies "a
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Caroline Pitcher, Author, Jackie Morris, Illustrator Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8028-5204-5
Pitcher and Morris (previously paired for The Time of the Lion) turn to Chilean folklore for this atmospheric story. After a storm, lonely, old Mariana discovers a baby enclosed in a crab shell that has washed up on the beach. The child is a merbaby,
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Caroline Pitcher, Author, Jackie Morris, Illustrator Beyond Words Publishing $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-885223-83-8
Set in the African savannah, this slightly mystical tale revolves around a boy's secret friendship with a lion and its family. When traders come to Joseph's village asking for lion cubs, the boy misses the clues in his father's response and...
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