Cheryl Ryan, Author, Jenny Mattheson, Illustrator , illus. by Jenny Mattheson. Scholastic/Cartwheel $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-439-41425-8
This book pays homage to "The House That Jack Built" and gives a nod to The Nutcracker
, too. Beginning with "the house where the children slept," accompanied by a picture-perfect two-story house in sugar plum hues, the tale...
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Cheryl Ryan, Author, Cheryl Ryan Harshman, Author, Bill Farnsworth, Illustrator Dutton Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-65176-5
Set in rural West Virginia, this comfortably predictable story from a first-time author reminds youngsters not to judge by appearances. Jenny Fox has come from the city to spend the summer with her grandfather. Bored and lonely, she idly imagines...
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Marc Harshman, Author, Cheryl Ryan, Author, Wade Zahares, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-201917-4
Marc Harshman and Cheryl Ryan harvest a garden's fall bounty in Red Are the Apples. Like the title, each quatrain begins with a color: ""Yellow's the corn/ on stalks growing high,/ shading the pumpkins/ and reaching the sky."" Wade Zahares's...
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