David Zeltser, illus. by Diane Goode. Chronicle, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4521-3542-7
“When Nina was born, the doctor gently thumped her bottom to make sure she was breathing. Nina karate chopped her right back,” writes Zeltser (Lug, Dawn of the Ice Age) in the opening of his first picture book. What follows is a funny and pitch-perfe
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Diane Goode, Author Blue Sky Press (AZ) $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-439-07166-6
As she did in The Dinosaur's New Clothes, Goode gives a familiar fairy tale an unexpected cast, this time introducing a pack of canines with a good-natured spaniel as the title character. The author interjects some witty wordplay (Cinderella's...
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Diane Goode, Author Dutton Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-45493-9
Mayhem? Mais oui! The rosy-cheeked children who searched Paris high and low in Where's Our Mama? are back--and this time they are on a quest to find the ideal birthday gift for their dear mother. Accompanied by a beguiling but boisterous dachshund...
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Diane Goode, Author Dutton Books $15.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-525-45175-4
A seasoned collector of tales, Goode ( Diane Goode's American Christmas ; Diane Goode's Book of Silly Stories & Songs ) offers another worthwhile volume--even if its selections don't qualify as truly ``scary.'' Goode's impressive art contains some...
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Diane Goode, Author Dutton Books $15 (64p) ISBN 978-0-525-44967-6
Goode ( Where's Our Mama? ) here gathers 16 international tales and songs (including musical arrangements) introducing characters that demonstrate varying degrees of silliness. Some of the stories are silly to the point of being nonsensical, and...
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Diane Goode, Author Puffin Books $3.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-44884-6
A beguiling, ultimately benevolent monster abducts a boy and his mother with unexpected consequences. Ages 3-6. (Apr.)
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Diane Goode, Author Dutton Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-44353-7
A strange sound awakens a boy from sleep and causes his cat to peer cautiously out the open bedroom window. ``It's only the wind,'' his mother assures him. But a form slowly begins to take shape outside until a large eye stares into the room....
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Diane Goode, Author . Scholastic/Blue Sky $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-439-20866-6
Curiosity saves the cat in Goode's (Where's Our Mama?; The Dinosaur's New Clothes)
fluffy picture book about the adventures of a boy and his pet tiger in New York City. Young Jack and his tiger, Lily, are the best of friends. From...
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Diane Goode, Author Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-056549-2
PW's starred review said that this companion to Where's Our Mama?, about two Parisian children and their chaos-causing dachshund, ""will leave young readers chuckling and everyone else clucking an appreciative ooh-la-la."" Ages 4-8. (May)
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Diane Goode, Author Puffin Books $4.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-055555-4
Two children lead a gendarme on a hunt for their mother with ``delightfully unlikely'' results, said PW, praising the 1920s Paris setting established by Goode's ``finely detailed period art.'' Ages 3-7. (Nov.)
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Diane Goode, Author Dutton Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-44770-2
In a crowded Paris train station some 60 or so years ago, Mama goes in search of her lost hat, instructing her two wide-eyed children to wait for her. When these fetching enfants --with identical socks stretched up to knobby knees and tams pulled...
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Diane Goode, Author . Scholastic/Blue Sky $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-439-26681-9
Adhering to the philosophy "monkey see, monkey do" lands monkey Mo in the spotlight in this cheerful picture book. Young Bertie and his pet, Mo, are thrilled to receive an invitation to lunch aboard the Blue Star, the luxury liner captained...
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Diane Goode, Author, Hans Christian Andersen, Author Scholastic $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-38360-8
What is perhaps the most famous swindle in children's books receives a prehistoric makeover in this visually wry retelling. Using the palace of Versailles as a backdrop, Goode (Mama's Perfect Present) whips up an ensemble of pompadoured and powdered
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Diane Goode, Author, Diane Goode, Illustrator . HarperCollins $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-072697-3
The earnest young protagonist of Goode's (When I Was Young in the Mountains
) tale immediately endears himself to readers as he brings his mother breakfast in bed, along with a card stating, "I know the most perfect spot for a picnic."...
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Diane Goode, Author, Diane Goode, Illustrator . HarperCollins $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-051588-1
Youngsters will want to visit Goode's (When I Was Young in the Mountains) holiday table again and again, for some of the best Thanksgiving fare in many seasons. From the 4:00 a.m. alarm that wakes Grandma and Grandpa on the title page to the...
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Diane Goode, Author, Diane Goode, Illustrator Dutton Books $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-525-45660-5
Adding to her stable of stellar collections (Diane Goode's Book of Scary Stories & Songs, etc.), Goode has gathered an assortment of folktales, fairy tales and poems--featuring the tall and the small--under one handsomely designed roof. In the...
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Diane Goode, Author, Lucia Monfried, Editor Dutton Books $14.95 (8p) ISBN 978-0-525-44620-0
This cheerful collection of Christmas melodies, poems and stories eschews the Victoriana frequently associated with the season in favor of American customs and traditions. From Laura Ingalls Wilder's chapter on her first Christmas tree to Langston...
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Ann Durell, Author, Diane Goode, Author, Diane Goode, Illustrator Dutton Books $15.95 (64p) ISBN 978-0-525-44458-9
Borders that resemble homespun cloth, stone-carved edging or plant patterns frame each page of this brief anthology of Americana. Songs (including ``On Top of Old Smokey,'' ``Clementine'' and ``Yankee Doodle'') are placed between a few stories that...
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