Books by Dennis Nolan and Complete Book Reviews
Lauren Mills, Author, Dennis Nolan, Author, Dennis Nolan, Illustrator Little Brown and Company $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-57397-9
Mills (Elfabet) and Nolan (Dinosaur Dream) pack everything but the glass slippers into this dainty sylvan romance starring a wingless fairy. Fia endures the disdain of her arrogant sisters and their high-brow society, ``flying'' inelegantly about...
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Dennis Nolan, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-768145-1
Talk about the odd couple: this sweetly written, captivating picture book limns the camaraderie between dinosaur enthusiast Wilbur (his red pj's sport a dinosaur silhouette) and Gideon, an escapee from the Jurassic period. When the baby dino comes...
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Dennis Nolan, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-768240-3
A young boy fills his bucket with wet sand to build a sandcastle. Soon the walls are raised and towers reach toward the sky. Carefully placing his little toy inside the castle gate, he becomes Sir Christopher, builder of castles who tames a roaring...
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Dennis Nolan, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-689-71703-1
When a boy playing in the sand becomes ``Sir Christopher, Builder of Castles'' he faces knights, dragons and--back to reality--the ocean's erosion. PW said, ``Black quill-pen dots form . . . photograph-like pictures in halftones that exhibit...
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Dennis Nolan. Roaring Brook/Porter, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-59643-896-5
In another enchanting wordless fantasy from Nolan (Sea of Dreams), seven tiny, gnomish beings set off from a fairy tale village on an expedition. A gray-haired grandmother wields a spear, a girl carries a map, and bearded and mustachioed fellows...
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Dennis Nolan, Author, Dennis Nolan, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82974-1
Dennis Nolan weaves real-life dino facts into Shadow of the Dinosaurs, a fictional account of a family camping trip turned prehistoric adventure. In this follow-up to Dinosaur Dreams, the titular Dachshund digs up an unusual bone. As his owner...
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