John Yeoman, Author Atheneum Books $13.95 (42p) ISBN 978-0-689-31451-3
Yeoman and Blake create an entire village, from the maps on the endpapers to the the poems within the pages, which introduce both people and places: a washer woman `` pegs the washing up to dry, / like brightly colored kites, '' and `` Headache,...
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John Yeoman, Author, Quentin Blake, Illustrator Tambourine Books $18 (95p) ISBN 978-0-688-13366-5
Thoughtful editing, careful pacing and animated tones make this collection of 11 folktales a worthy addition to the genre. While each story has a cautionary tone, it is neatly balanced by Yeoman's humorous, playful style and Blake's inimitably...
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John Yeoman, illus. by Quentin Blake. Pavilion (IPG/Trafalgar Sq., dist.), $19.99 (124p) ISBN 978-1-84365-195-6
Fourteen old-fashioned animal tales, some of which previously appeared in the collection The Singing Tortoise, offer stories of mischief, just deserts, and happy endings—sometimes. There’s a natural storyteller’s cadence to Yeoman’s writing (“Once...
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John Yeoman, Author, Quentin Blake, Illustrator, Quentin Blake, Photographer Random House Value Publishing $1 (31p) ISBN 978-0-517-56255-0
Seven washerwomen who work from dawn till dusk for Mr. Balthazar Tight, rebel one day and go on a mad spree through town, stopping only when they face the ultimate challengeseven grimy woodcutters. PW stated, ""A gifted team, specialists in humor,...
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John Yeoman, Author, Quentin Blake, Author, Quentin Blake, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $6.95 (20p) ISBN 978-0-395-53361-1
These four fetching farces chronicle various canine capers of this celebrated pet. The eccentric and delightfully dotty Mother Hubbard frets as her dog outsmarts and frazzles his poor mistress at every turn. When she criticizes his coat, the playful
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