Helena Clare Pittman, Author Skylark Books $2.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-15986-8
In 15th-century China, a humble farmer outwits the Emperor--and wins his daughter's hand--with an ingenious request. Ages 7-11. (May)
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Helena Clare Pittman, Author Carolrhoda Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-87614-354-4
Yukiyo is a contented potter who lives near the Okayama river, where the soft red earth embedded in its banks is his clay. He worries that the two willow saplings by the river will not survive, but each year they grow stronger. In the meantime, he...
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Helena Clare Pittman, Author Lerner Publishing Group $19.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-87614-838-9
Trying to write a poem for school, Gerald is distracted by a sequence of noises: hair dryer, helicopter, backfiring car, chainsaw, boom box. ""It's too noisy to think,"" sighs his apple-pie-baking Gram, who misses the tranquility of her youth (""Ther
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Helena Clare Pittman, Author, Michael Rex, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $12 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-201684-5
One household's flurry of activity between sunrise and the school bus's arrival is the focus in this paper-over-board counting book. Pies are removed from the oven, mail arrives and a cat gives birth to kittens. The text's few words rhyme with ""sunr
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Helena Clare Pittman, Author, Ted Rand, Illustrator, Ted Rand, Photographer Dutton Books $14 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-44407-7
When the stove goes out, young Daniel is sent to the neighbor's to get hot coals. The night is dark and foggy and Daniel is in a hurry to return home. As he runs through the woods, he stumbles, struggles to break free and discovers he has become a...
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Helena Clare Pittman, Author, Toby Sherry, Editor, Raul Colon, Illustrator Dial Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2170-8
The alley behind Nathan's house seems to be ""a place where something magic could happen,"" and ""one winter something did."" Pittman's (The Angel Tree) second winter fantasy of a friendship between a boy and a snowman is stunningly imagined by Col...
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Helena Clare Pittman, Author, Victoria Raymond, Author, Victoria Raymond, Illustrator Hyperion Books $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0251-7
Rose's vegetable garden is a feast--first for the eyes, then for the palate. Pittman and Raymond (Brown Cow, Green Grass, Yellow Mellow Sun) gather a carnival of legumes into a sedate pose (""enough to fill her flapping, empty, big, white, waiting...
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