Dave Horowitz, Author . HarperFestival $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-054335-8
This charming picture book debut consists of four brief, rhymed vignettes that depict mischievous animals taking turns taunting a timid bowler-hatted human (who resembles a pauper cousin to Monopoly's rich Uncle Pennybags). In Horowitz's...
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Dave Horowitz, Author . Putnam $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-24268-7
Percussive monkey mayhem—and a baboon who is all too eager to join in the raucous performance—pervades this second picture book by Horowitz (A Monkey Among Us
). Furry, curly-tailed primates pack a performance hall, as translucent, cut-pa
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Dave Horowitz, Putnam, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-25275-4
Set over the course of a workweek, this lighthearted story offers a few business tips for how to succeed in the marketplace. When Frank the bear and Carl the fish fail to sell their boring, brown bowler hats, they look to nearby profitable retailers
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Dave Horowitz, Putnam, $12.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-25276-1
Horowitz's (Buy My Hats!) name on the cover is an instant tip-off that the titular character is in for a comeuppance. And indeed, the aptly named rabbit, Narcissa, who taunts her fellow woodland creatures with impunity ("Check out the crazy headgear,
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Dave Horowitz, Author, Dave Horowitz, Illustrator . Putnam $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-399-24267-0
Pumpkin pickers pooh-pooh the orange, barbell-shaped "ugly pumpkin" in October. Fortunately, November brings the lonesome veggie some new friends and an epiphany ("O my gosh/ I'm a squash"). Horowitz's (Soon, Baboon, Soon
)...
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Dave Horowitz, Author, Dave Horowitz, Illustrator . Putnam $12.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-399-24508-4
The adage "forewarned is forearmed" rings true in this charming tale that appeals to the stubborn inner child in everyone. Horowitz (The Ugly Pumpkin
) speaks volumes through a marriage of rhyming, witty text and wacky illustrations,...
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Dave Horowitz, Author, Dave Horowitz, Illustrator . Putnam $12.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-24608-1
With this endearing if uneven parody of "Five Little Ducklings," Horowitz (The Ugly Pumpkin
) initiates youngsters into the joys of Yiddish—just in time for Passover. After explaining what gefilte fish is (though non-Jewish readers may
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Dave Horowitz. Penguin/Paulsen, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-399-25636-3
With his characteristically broad humor and adult-savvy jokes, Horowitz (The Pretty, Pretty Bunny) offers a folksy tale about a yellow chick named Chico who learns to tame his fears. Chico, who lives “in the mountains of Peru,” is afraid of...
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Dave Horowitz. Putnam, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-24782-8
Winter is coming to New Hampshire, so Duck and Other Duck head south for the winter and invite their pancake-loving friend Moose to come along for the drive. (What, they should fly?) And once Moose sees just how little there is to do with Bear...
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