Irina Hale, Author Viking Children's Books $12.5 (320p) ISBN 978-0-670-84286-5
A boy tells of making friends with another child after their stuffed bears--left on a ledge together--exchange hats and then greetings. The boys' mutual surprise at finding the bears wearing each other's headgear prompts them to speak. Hale's soft,...
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Irina Hale, Author Margaret K. McElderry Books $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-689-50546-1
Hale's innocuous picture book, based on a story told her by her uncle, concerns Constantine and his sister, Marina, who live in turn-of-the-century Kiev. At their summer home in the country, they find an injured crow and christen it Cra-Cra. As it...
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Irina Hale, Author Viking Children's Books $12 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-84287-2
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Boxman! No superhero, this--just a child with an active imagination in Hale's latest picture book. The idea for Boxman literally falls onto young Bob's head when he opens a closet door and some cartons tumble out....
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