Juli Mahr, Author, Graham Percy, Author, Julie Mahr, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $12.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-679-88603-7
Aided by clues tucked into envelopes, readers can solve a mystery alongside aspiring detective Watson Mouse in this interactive paper-over-board book for early readers. Watson gets the chance to apply the teachings of his mail-order booklet, ""How...
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Graham Percy, Author Grupo Oceano $13.45 (30p) ISBN 978-84-8214-049-0
K-Gr 2-This version of the tale is fluidly and briefly retold and accompanied by a CD recording of the text. The illustrations are full-color, crayon-style drawings featuring medieval settings and clothing, and characters with rounded, doll-like,
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Graham Percy, Author Grupo Oceano $11.05 (0p) ISBN 978-84-86154-52-3
K-Gr 2-This succinctly retold version of the classic tale clips along at a lively pace without missing a beat. All of the anticipated elements of the story the arrogance of the city mouse, the humble yet sensible country mouse, the splendor of ...
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Graham Percy, Author, Anonymous, Author, Graham Percy, Retold by Candlewick Press (MA) $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56402-008-6
Softly shaded colored-pencil illustrations highlight this familiar tale of virtue rewarded, in which a resourceful red hen saves the day when a ``bold bad fox and four bad little foxes'' plot to hijack her and her housemates onto their dinner table.
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Graham Percy, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Graham Percy, Illustrator Chronicle Books $12.95 (38p) ISBN 978-0-8118-0239-0
Personable pachyderms populate this collection of 18 traditional nursery rhymes. Percy puts a mischievous spin on old favorites as he gives Miss Muffet, Little Boy Blue and Jack Sprat trunks, wrinkled gray skin and very large feet. The artist's soft
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Graham Percy, Author, Graham Percy, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8050-2556-9
The moral behind this four-volume miniature boxed set is, obviously, Good things come in small packages. The format lends itself especially well to the simplicity of fables; those here include The Grasshopper and the Ant, The Cat and the Mice, and...
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Graham Percy, Author, Percy Graham, Author, Graham Percy, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $11.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-679-89201-4
This large-format board book inventively introduces 26 individuals, each living in a miniature house shaped like the first letter of both their first name and their profession. Readers lift sturdy, alphabet-shaped flaps to view the interior of each...
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