Dee Lilligard, Author, Dee Lillegard, Author Doubleday Books for Young Readers $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-385-30516-7
It isn't often that one finds a book classified by the Library of Congress under both juvenile poetry and kitchen utensils. What is even more surprising is how high this souffle of a book rises. Lillegard's ( September to September: Poems for All...
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Dee Lillegard, Author, Jon Agee, Author, Jon Agee, Illustrator Dutton Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-44528-9
At first glance, a story of a boy and an empty cardboard box would seem devoid of potential, but an elephant, a giraffe, a monkey and a host of assorted other jungle animals enliven the situation considerably--especially when all these creatures...
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Dee Lillegard, Author, Sarah Chamberlain, Illustrator Dutton Books $12.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-525-45078-8
In clear, crisp prose, Lillegard ( Sitting in My Box ) transforms a girl's solitary ball game into an unfettered flight of the imagination. Hurled high into the sky, the yellow ball journeys afar, its destination governed by the girl's fantasies...
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Dee Lillegard, Author, Rex Barron, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-23121-6
In a city park, in the shadow of tulips and blades of grass, preparations for a glamorous party are under way. Ants and dragonflies construct a ballroom floor out of playing cards and movie-candy boxes, saving the jujubes for the buffet table. As...
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Dee Lillegard, Author, Jillian Lund, Illustrator Dutton Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-45156-3
Tortoise loves his work delivering the forest mail and he's very good at it. But when Crow, Rabbit and Fox each claim they can get the letters and packages out faster, Tortoise graciously steps aside, giving up his route. The new-and-improved...
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Dee Lillegard, Author, Jon Agee, Illustrator Puffin Books $4.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-054819-8
Reposing in a cardboard carton, a boy unwillingly hosts an ever-increasing horde of beastly visitors in this droll, zanily illustrated fantasy. Ages 3-7. (Nov.)
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Dee Lillegard, Author, Kevin Hawkes, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-22778-3
This tale's lavish imagery, borrowed from ""The 1,001 Nights"" and ""Aladdin,"" may lure devotees of Eastern exoticism, but the plot, unfortunately, fizzles like a dud firecracker. Lillegard (The Wild Bunch) prefaces the story with a definition: ""To
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Dee Lillegard, Author, Dan Yaccarino, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-81573-7
Much like a bedtime song itself, Lillegard's (Balloons, Balloons, Balloons) story soothes and comforts with repetitive verse ("" 'Listen to that baby cry!'/ the birds around the cradle sigh./ Who will sing a lullaby?""). As a round-headed baby wails,
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Dee Lillegard, Author, Valeri Gorbachev, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-82387-9
Like Lillegard's Hello School! and Wake Up House! this collection features very short verses about inanimate objects, but unfortunately, most of the poetry here eschews the sometimes witty point of view found in the earlier volumes and relies...
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Dee Lillegard, Author, Don Carter, Illustrator , illus. by Don Carter. Random/Dragonfly $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-440-41752-1
In a starred review, PW
wrote, "The 34 brief, playful poems of this visually striking book personify a cheery yellow house and the objects within it. The book performs the marvelous alchemy of transforming the most everyday objects into focal...
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Dee Lillegard, Author, Don Carter, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-679-88351-7
The 34 brief, playful poems of this visually striking book personify a cheery yellow house and the objects within it. Lillegard (The Big Bug Ball) brings fresh wit to her quotidian subjects (broom, washer, dryer, vacuum cleaner, etc.). The bathroom...
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Dee Lillegard, Author, Don Carter, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-81020-6
Young children will feel right at home with Hello School! A Classroom Full of Poems by Dee Lillegard, illus. by Don Carter, the team behind Wake Up, House! The 38 short entries bring ""Cubbies,"" ""Numbers,"" ""Swings"" and ""Blocks"" to life....
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Dee Lillegard, Author, Don Carter, Illustrator , illus. by Don Carter. Dell/Dragonfly $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-440-41777-4
"Young children will feel right at home [as] 38 short entries bring 'Cubbies,' 'Numbers,' 'Swings' and 'Blocks' to life. Colorful three-dimensional illustrations against white backgrounds beg to be touched,"
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