Jan Wahl, Author, Kim Howard, Illustrator Charlesbridge Publishing $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-58089-011-3
A mischievous parrot wreaks havoc when he plays a trick on his hard-of-hearing owner in this jaunty tale of friendship and forgiveness. Rosa dotes on Pico, her pet parrot. More than just a companion, the little bird is also a help to her, repeating...
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Jan Wahl, Author, Chris Sheban, Author, Chris Sheban, Illustrator Creative Editions $18 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-201644-9
A bewitching blend of fantasy and realism highlights this clever rhyming tale of a girl whose imagination is sparked by a visit to the Museum of Natural History. Suddenly, she's seeing dinosaurs everywhere--on Tuesday it's a stegosaurus at the gas...
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Jan Wahl, Author, Kimberley Schamber, Illustrator , illus. by Kimberly Schamber. Lerner/Carolrhoda $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57505-511-4
Longtime author Wahl (Pleasant Fieldmouse; Humphrey's Bear) and newcomer Schamber offer a flat tale about three rabbits disgruntled by life on Earth. After the trio's nocturnal dig for carrots proves fruitless, loud dogs chase them as they...
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Jan Wahl, illus. by Rosalinde Bonnet. Charlesbridge, $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58089-270-4
Wahl (Bear Dance) has a fresh suggestion: making art isn't the only way to enjoy it. Oscar falls in love with Great-Granny's drawing of a rooster, but can't make one as nice himself. "Oscar frowned. And he crumpled it up." Instead of learning to...
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Jan Wahl, Author, Chris Sheban, Joint Author , illus. by Chris Sheban. Creative Paperbacks $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-89812-331-9
"A bewitching blend of fantasy and realism highlights this clever rhyming tale of a girl whose imagination is sparked by a visit to the Museum of Natural History," wrote PW
in a starred review. "The slightly dreamy visual style gives...
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Jan Wahl, illus. by Laurent Gapaillard. Creative Editions, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-56846-230-1
Wahl and Gapaillard detail the 19th-century story of a giraffe transported to Paris from Africa, a trip also recounted in Judith St. George's Zarafa, Nancy Milton's The Giraffe That Walked to Paris, and other picture books. Created digitally,...
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Jan Wahl, Author, William Joyce, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-1169-2
Humphrey's extraordinary bear grows huge and the two sail off in search of adventure; a typhoon washes them ashore on an island, where hot chocolate is served. Intense images coupled with a gentle dream-like story should captivate youngsters at...
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Jan Wahl, Author, William Joyce, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-0332-1
Humphrey sleeps with the toy bear his father used to have. As the boy drifts off, the bear grows huge, and bossy (""Here is your cap,'' he says. ``Get moving''). The boat to the dream sea leaves from the backyard, and they sail away. Humphrey loses...
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Jan Wahl, Author, Eileen Christelow, Illustrator Dutton Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-67311-8
The prolific and popular Wahl ( Humphrey's Bear ) adds yet another winner to his impressive oeuvre. Lonely and practically penniless--she has three cents left in her money box--wise Mrs. Owl decides to take in a boarder. (``ROOM AND BOARD....
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Jan Wahl, Author, Michael McCurdy, Author, Michael McCurdy, Illustrator Creative Company $25.7 (64p) ISBN 978-1-56846-165-6
Creamy paper stock forms an elegant backdrop for McCurdy's darkly atmospheric woodcuts in this tale of a homeless man and his son. With their delicate crosshatching and strong linear element, the black-and-white illustrations give heft to the book's
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Jan Wahl, Author, Leonard Weisgard, Illustrator Golden Books $8.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-82747-1
Leonard Weisgard's pictures of a bipedal animal cast continue to light up The Golden Christmas Tree by Jan Wahl, a 1988 picture book reissued as a Big Little Golden Book.
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Jan Wahl, Author, Dolores Avendano, Illustrator Tambourine Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-13042-8
Elderly Mrs. Mudge wants no more than a peaceful night's sleep. But a houseful of mice sends up a cacophony of ``squeakings and rustles,/ eeking and bustles,'' and so she tries traps, which don't work, and then a ``passel of cats,'' which does. As...
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Jan Wahl, Author, Fabricio VandenBroeck, Illustrator Tricycle Press $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-883672-12-6
Inspired by the symbols and themes of the Mayan ""bible,"" the Popol Vuh, Wahl (Little Eight John) concocts a lyrical but somewhat arbitrarily structured fable that unfolds in a south-of-the-border, Eden-like setting. When Corn Grower succumbs to...
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Jan Wahl, Author, Frane Lessac, Illustrator Tambourine Books $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-12037-5
In undulating prose Wahl paints a picture of ``the place of the water hole,'' where the elephant Little Gray One and his mother live, and where ``quick cheetahs run with beautiful gazelles.'' As the day passes, the mother teaches her offspring a...
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Jan Wahl, Author, Nicole Wong, Illustrator , illus. by Nicole Wong. Charlesbridge $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57091-508-6
An act of intolerance jolts a child's world in this affecting collaboration between Wahl (Pleasant Fieldmouse
) and Wong (Why Are You So Sad?
). Daniel, a pint-size urban cowboy in bright purple chaps, can't wait to spend his hard-earned...
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Jan Wahl, Author, Golden Books, Author Golden Books $3.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-307-11630-7
The merriment in Wahl's new tale is visible in McQueen's action-packed, full-color pictures. Cheltenham, the marmalade cat, anticipates the pleasures of freedom when his owners, Mr. and Mrs. Rood, go to their Aunt Liza's birthday celebration....
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Jan Wahl, Author, David Allender, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $6.95 (28p) ISBN 978-0-517-55935-2
Dipping, slipping, dashing, splashing, falling, crawling, flopping, plopping . . . they're rabbits on roller skates and they're everywhere! Allender has created a bunch of roller-happy bunnies who alternately shock and delight those who get in their
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Jan Wahl, Author, Wil Clay, Illustrator Dutton Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-67367-5
Little Eight John, ``a fine-looking boy . . . as mean as mean there was,'' flouts every one of his mother's safeguards against bad luck. He kicks toads, sits in the chair backwards, counts his teeth--then laughs himself silly when these acts bring...
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Jan Wahl, Author, Wil Clay, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $5.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8050-4907-7
TAILYPO! Jan Wahl, illus. by Wil Clay. Holt/Owlet, $5.95 ISBN 0-8050-4907-X. This ""lively but vividly gruesome African American tale... would be especially shivery if read aloud,"" said PW, adding that the acrylic paintings ""are evocative of mood...
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Jan Wahl, Author, Wil Clay, Illustrator Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-055630-8
An encounter with a specter changes a naughty boy's ways. ""Clay's loosely rendered images of a rural African American household... places Little Eight John's expressive face in the sharpest focus, ensuring that the reader's attention will remain...
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Jan Wahl, Author, Wil Clay, Illustrator, Will Clay, Photographer Henry Holt & Company $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-0687-2
An old man is visited in his lonely cabin by ``a Creature with a great , big , long tail.'' He lops the tail off, cooks it up and gobbles it down--thus earning several nocturnal visits from the Creature, who demands the return of his ``tailypo'' and
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Jan Wahl, Author, Arden Johnson-Petrov, Illustrator Tambourine Books $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-10275-3
In free-verse couplets, veteran author Wahl ( Humphrey's Bear ; A Gift for Miss Milo ) portrays a series of animals as they creep into their nighttime resting places. The lilting rhythms, alliteration and repeated refrain are indeed soothing--``Black
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Jan Wahl, Author, Peter Weevers, Illustrator , illus. by Peter Weevers. Lerner/Carolrhoda $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57505-512-1
A sleepy boy witnesses a fairy-filled wonderland in Wahl's (Three Pandas) paean to the imagination. "Sudden yellow moon/ Splashing on the floor/ Rub your eyes/ Whispers from the door!" With that, the boy climbs out of bed. Weevers's (
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Jeff Wahl, Author, Jan Wahl, Author, Jeff Grove, Illustrator Ten Speed Press $13.95 (60p) ISBN 978-0-89815-339-2
Poor Lavesta Margaret Milo. Just like Charles Dickens's Miss Havisham, this lady was left at the altar on her wedding day. The folks in town say Miss Milo is crazy; they don't believe for a minute her claims that handsome Charley Fender has...
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Jan Wahl, Retold by, Jan Wahl, Author, Sterling Brown, Illustrator Dutton Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-67499-3
Wahl (Little Eight John) first heard this story from an elderly African American man who was sitting on his porch; together with Brown (Tailypo), he recaptures the homespun magic of both the tale and the telling. When Sam Bombel shoots a goose for...
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