George Foreman, Author, Fran Manushkin, Author, Whitney Martin, Illustrator , illus. by Whitney Martin. S&S $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-87807-7
The truth—that the two-time heavyweight champ and grill shrill has five sons all named George—makes for some silly fiction in Foreman's first book for kids, coauthored with Manushkin (Baby, Come Out!
). When all the boys in the...
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Fran Manushkin, Author Puffin Books $3.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-14-037198-7
Never mind the hokey premise, the strings of coincidences or the gosh-golly tone of the dialogue. Middle-grade girls whose taste in novels runs to the fanciful will find the inaugural novel in the Angel Corners series a fun--if flighty--read. After...
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Fran Manushkin, Author, Ned Bittenger, Illustrator, Ned Bittinger, Illustrator Scholastic $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-47146-6
Bittinger's background as a portrait painter shines throughout the luminous holiday scenes in his picture book debut. One family's celebration of Passover gets off to a happy start as a bearded patriarch arrives home, laden with shopping bags, his...
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Fran Manushkin, illus. by Maria Monescillo. Marshall Cavendish Children's/Shofar, $12.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5965-1
Manushkin and Monescillo's beautiful book teaches concepts and culture at the same time. The titular theme of "many and one" is repeated on each two-page spread that presents from a child's perspective ordinary activities ("one box, many colors"; "on
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Fran Manushkin, illus. by Lauren Tobia. Candlewick, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-7002-3
Manushkin (The Belly Book) offers a cheeky meditation on the everyday miraculousness of skin, with a biracial family at the center of her story. “It’s terrific to have skin,” she muses. “It keeps the outsides out/ and your insides in.” Skin is also...
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Fran Manushkin, illus. by Purificación Hernández. Aladdin, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4814-5063-8
Bamboo belongs on any list of fun words to say, so why not build a book around it? Manushkin’s rhyming, all-dialogue story introduces twins Amanda and Miranda, roly-poly pandas who are always ready to eat bamboo with their wise mother: “ ‘It’s time...
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Fran Manushkin, Author, Leonid Gore, Illustrator , illus. by Leonid Gore. Dutton $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-46956-8
Manushkin (Baby, Come Out!
) takes the familiar plight of the small child who can't get settled for the night and nimbly reframes it as an appealing toddler-size adventure, casting her spell from the opening words: "A long time ago, when the
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Fran Manushkin, Author, Paul Zelinsky, Illustrator , illus. Paul O. Zelinsky. Dutton $16.99 (36p) ISBN 978-0-525-46943-8
Manushkin (The Little Sleepyhead
) imagines a miniature family that lives in the dark recesses of a refrigerator. The Shivers family "huddle[s] together for warmth," overlooking geographic ranges such as Orange Hills and, deep in the lettuce
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Fran Manushkin, illus. by Dan Yaccarino. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-312-64958-6
“Bellies, we love you smooth or hairy./ On the mountains! On the prairie!” With snappy rhymes, bright bold graphics, and a winning sense of playfulness, Manushkin follows The Tushy Book with a salute to the body’s middle ground, this time teaming up
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Fran Manushkin, Author, Jennifer Plecas, Illustrator Clarion Books $14.95 (31p) ISBN 978-0-395-64339-6
``Peep- PEEP!'' When a noise in the night keeps Barry awake, his father suggests a quick trip outdoors, whereupon the two discover spring peepers down by the pond. Dozens of frogs are chirping away, ``puffed into bubbles--a bubble for every peep!''...
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Fran Manushkin, Author, Uri Shulevitz, Illustrator , illus. by Uri Shulevitz. Harcourt/Silver Whistle $20 (88p) ISBN 978-0-15-201869-6
Manushkin (Miriam's Cup: A Passover Story) brings to the women of the Hebrew Bible the richness and complexity of the wider Jewish traditions preserved in the Talmud, Midrash and other sources. From Eve to Esther, these heroines demonstrate not...
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Fran Manushkin, Author, Holly Berry, Illustrator , illus. by Holly Berry. Dutton $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-42027-9
Rosy Levine and her cat, Moishe, are protesting the long Chicago winter by refusing to get up. So Mama tells a story from her own girlhood back in Minsk, where Rosy’s grandmother, Beatrice, chased away the winter by cooking a delicious batch...
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Fran Manushkin, Author, Benrei Huang, Author, Benrei Huang, Illustrator Hyperion Books $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7868-1038-3
Breezy rhymes and a personable, colorfully rendered cast animate an excursion by two cheerful tots and their moms. Ages 2-5. (Apr.)
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Fran Manushkin, Author, Robin Spowart, Illustrator Scholastic $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-42261-1
In old Poland, Papa, Mama and children Rebecca and Ezra are surprised by an early blizzard on the first night of Hanukkah. Unable to dig up potatoes for latkes or pick apples for applesauce, they huddle in a darkened room lit only by the shammes and
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Fran Manushkin, Author, Robin Spowart, Illustrator Scholastic Paperbacks $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-42265-9
A storm that has trapped a family in their house since the start of Hanukkah clears on the final night. PW noted that ``Spowart's soft, blurred pastels give the story an added sense of warmth and secrity.'' Ages 6-8. (Oct.)
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Fran Manushkin, Author, Carolyn Croll, Illustrator , illus. by Carolyn Croll. Random $9.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-375-81043-5
A family's menorah chronicles the day-by-day celebration of the holiday in this sweet-natured paper-over-board story. Manushkin (Daughters of Fire) mentions latkes, chocolate coins, etc., in what seems to be a standard-issue presentation—
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Fran Manushkin, Author, Karen A. Weinhaus, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-444112-4
It takes Mr. Green one whole year to get the family Christmas photo just right in this hilarious story. Ages 4-8. (September)
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Fran Manushkin, illus. by Kate Alizadeh. Dial, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-55401-1
Two mothers and their toddler find joy in spending time together as this picture book’s text describes a world in which “The sun shines on everyone./ There are plenty of fish in the sea.” In Alizadeh’s digitally refined pencil illustrations, the...
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Fran Manushkin, illus. by Bruce Degen. Holiday House, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8234-4254-6
Snappy, staccato text by Manushkin (Plenty of Hugs) energizes this metropolitan tale about a new New Yorker contributing to the city’s welfare. Nesting on East 88th St., the recently arrived sparrow likes the city views and the smells of food...
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