John Steptoe, Author Puffin Books $3.99 (8p) ISBN 978-0-14-034669-5
Fourteen-year-old Marcia struggles to improve her life by escaping from the inner city, and at the same time copes with her first romantic involvement. Ages 12-up. (Feb.)
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John Steptoe, Author Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books $15 (25p) ISBN 978-0-688-07423-4
After the elaborate illustrations and intricate story-telling of Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, Steptoe's latest is remarkably simple. The baby of the title speaks with actionsflinging a bear out of the playpen is a nonverbal way of getting an older...
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John Steptoe, Author, ALC, Editor Mulberry Books $3.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-11855-6
Simple, repeated baby words (``uh, oh''; ``no, no'') combine with large-scale pastel pictures to form a reassuring look at an African American youngster tending his baby brother. Ages 1-up. (Dec.)
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John Steptoe, Author, E. B. Lewis, Author, E. B. Lewis, Illustrator Clarion Books $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-68706-2
From the late Steptoe (1950-1989) comes a characteristically warm slice-of-life tale that also serves up a lesson or two about friendship and ethnic pride. When Charles's teacher explains that Hector, the new boy, is from Puerto Rico, Charles, an...
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