Eve Tharlet, Author, Tharlet, Author, Andrew Clements, Translator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-88708-267-2
A distinctly European (read sophisticated) flavor permeates this story of a short man who specializes in tall tales. The eccentric Archibald is a conundrum to his neighbors; to the fastidious among them, his house is as big an eyesore as he is. His...
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Eve Tharlet, Author, E. Tharlet, Author NorthSouth $7.88 (1p) ISBN 978-1-55858-316-0
A refreshing note of realism counters each wishful fantasy in this sweet quartet. In Bird, a girl thinks her life might improve if she could ``fly with ease over houses and trees''; in Baby, she longs to ``get kissed on my ears and my fingers and...
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Eve Tharlet, Author, Eve Tharlet, Illustrator , trans. from the French by Charise Myngheer. Penguin/Minedition $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-698-40008-5
Nancy is always the odd gosling out in this tale by Tharlet (illustrator of the Davy books). When Mrs. Green marches her class of young geese ("Left foot first"), the heroine stays put, not knowing right from left. The opening spread shows...
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Eve Tharlet, Author, Andrew Clements, Translator Picture Book Studio Ltd $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-88708-237-5
A disastrous journey to deliver blueberry birthday cake lays the foundation for this amusingly quirky picture book. When Pierre and his good friend Henri the pig meet a sweet-toothed cow along their route, events take a sudden turn for the worse,...
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