Hiawyn Oram, Author Andersen Press $13.95 (26p) ISBN 978-0-86264-048-4
Ned is impatient for Fridays, the ``day of the night'' that he and the Joybaloo play together. The Joybaloo, which is the size of a dragon, but most closely resembles a white dog bearing confetti-like spots, is a friend Ned found in the cupboard; it
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Hiawyn Oram, Author Barron's Educational Series $5.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8120-4905-3
Learning to share is often difficult for children, as is painfully highlighted in this slight picture book. Isabel arrives at Claudia's house for a play date, only to find that her iron-willed friend is not keen on sharing her toys. Attempts by...
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, Tony Ross, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $12 (1p) ISBN 978-0-517-58744-7
Swaddled in red, Ruby is so beautiful that her family expects her to ``grow up and marry a prince who'll wrap her in cotton and only bring her out for glittering banquets.'' Dismayed by these ``dreadful predictions,'' the girl decides to reshape her
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, Satoshi Kitamura, With Farrar Straus Giroux $13.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-374-30939-8
His friend Alice has two snails, Ben has a dog and Alex is absolutely desperate to own a dinosaur. His grandfather says, ``A boy wants a dinosaur this much, a boy should have a dinosaur.'' At the Dino-Store Alex falls in love with a female...
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, David Lucas, Illustrator , illus. by David Lucas. Boyds Mills $15.95 (28p) ISBN 978-1-59078-356-6
Oram (In the Attic
) introduces a starry-eyed rag doll named Ruby Roo who appears on the doorstep of Rubbaduck, a retired bath toy with a lighthouse all to himself. "My child grew up," Ruby Roo announces. "Now what shall I do?"...
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Lisa Flather, Illustrator Chronicle Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8118-2247-3
""Dog was a dog and that's what everyone called him. Dog. Just Dog."" So starts Oram's (Badger's Bad Mood) story of a pooch who longs for a ""proper name."" After all, as he complains to Midnight the cat, ""Dog"" is ""just something that says I'm...
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, Susan Varley, Illustrator , illus. by Susan Varley. Scholastic $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-21693-7
When Badger acts crabby and sad one day, it takes everyone by surprise until Mole devises an ingenious plan to let him know how much he is loved and appreciated. In a starred review, PW
said that "their cozy environs, like the story, make...
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, Susan Varley, Illustrator Arthur A. Levine Books $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-18920-0
When Badger acts crabby and sad one day, it takes everyone by surprise: ""But Badger's never in a bad mood,"" his friends say. Hoping to cheer him up, Mole, Squirrel and Rabbit pay Badger a visit, but they are met with grumpy replies, and subsequent
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, Satoshi Kitamura, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-0780-0
With the ladder on a toy fire truck pointing the way, a young boy takes an imaginative climb into an attic of infinite possibilities. Ages 5-8. (March)
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, Satoshi Kitamura, Illustrator Sunburst $3.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-45492-0
The normally grumpy Ned cavorts with his imaginary friend, the Joybaloo, every Friday night, but when the greedy boy demands more frequent meetings, he learns a sad--but instructive--lesson. Ages 3-up. (Apr.)
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, Satoshi Kitamura, Illustrator, Satoshi Kitamura, Photographer Farrar Straus Giroux $4.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-40386-7
A boy's anger at being forbidden to watch television takes on the force of a storm, then a typhoon and finally grows so big it catapults him to Mars. There, he realizes he can't remember what he was upset about. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, Ruth Brown, Illustrator Dutton Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-45947-7
The august skills of Oram (Badger's Bring Something Party) and Brown (Cry Baby) create a droll yet affecting take on a Russian fairy tale. Earthy colors and the dramatic manipulation of light and shadow mark the artist's sweeping full-bleed spreads,
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Hiawyn Oram, illus. by Rosie Reeve. Tiger Tales, $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58925-105-2
In a gentle story about learning to share, a girl named Grace adores her family's fluffy white labradoodle, Fred, and they do just about everything together—whether it's swimming, running, or sprawling out on a squashy, pink beanbag. In fact, she...
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, Hiawyn Cram, Author, Susan Varley, Illustrator Dutton Children's Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-46148-7
Being a princess is no fairy tale for young mouse Chamomile, heroine of this sprightly offering from the author and illustrator of Badger's Bad Mood. Princess Chamomile's strict nanny rules in extremes, forbidding sweets (""even at [Chamomile's] own
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, Mark Birchall, Illustrator Carolrhoda Books $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57505-453-7
In this lukewarm offering from a London duo, a boy chimpanzee looks askance at the gold-buttoned, double-breasted purple coat that his mother buys for him. Chimp's family adores the coat, and his friendsDa leopard in a red windbreaker, a dog in a...
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Hiawyn Oram, Author, Sam Williams, Illustrator , illus. by Sam Williams. Dutton $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-46997-1
Repetition is the source of a child's delight in Oram's (the Princess Chamomile books) heartwarming if familiar tale. Just ask Little Brownmouse, who would like nothing better than a reprise of anything fun but never seems to get one. As she
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