Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Author, Glen Rounds, Author, Glen Rounds, Illustrator Holiday House $17.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1015-6
Rounds's pedestrian retelling of the familiar Norwegian folk tale about the billy goats who trick a mean troll lacks the verve and vitality that has made the story a favorite of kids around the world. Reminiscent of children's crayon drawings, the...
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Eric A. Kimmel, Author, Glen Rounds, Author, Glen Rounds, Illustrator Holiday House $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0738-5
Avalanches in the pass, agents on the road, Indians on the warpath, and the river's rising? No problem, as long as Charlie Drummond is driving the stagecoach (``You got to think positive about these things,'' as Charlie puts it). Each danger is met...
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Glen Rounds, Author Holiday House $5.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0846-7
Simple animal depictions and large-size print make this an accessible introduction to the noted landowner's musical menagerie. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Glen Rounds, Author Holiday House $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0867-2
A spare text and lively, rough-hewn sketches round up some typical events in a cowboy's day. ``In the bunkhouse after supper, the cowboys play cards or read western story magazines.'' In the morning a cowboy catches and, after a struggle, saddles...
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Glen Rounds, Author, Gail Gibbons, Author Holiday House $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0908-2
Against abundant white backgrounds, bold illustrations portray the characters and goofy activity of the popular folk song. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Glen Rounds, Author, Glen Rounds, Illustrator Holiday House $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1440-6
In prose as streamlined and sturdy as the beaver itself, Rounds (Cowboys; Once We Had a Horse) describes the habitat and habits of that furry pond-dweller. Readers learn a bit about how and why dams are made, how the beaver eats bark by holding a...
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Glen Rounds, Author, Glen Rounds, Illustrator Holiday House $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0923-5
This forceful presentation brings added pizzazz to an old favorite. In a style similar to that of Rounds's last two folk-inspired retellings ( I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly ; Old MacDonald Had a Farm ), his vigorous artwork--a mix of broad...
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