Judy Cox, illus. by Jeffrey Ebbeler. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2408-5
While pursuing a stray gumdrop, bespectacled Mouse (star of Haunted House, Haunted Mouse and other stories) gets swept out into the snow, where he skates, sleds, and narrowly escapes the claws of a stalking cat. Once safely back indoors, Mouse...
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Judy Cox, Author, Paul Meisel, Illustrator , illus. by Paul Meisel. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1645-5
A restless groundhog toys with the idea of timing in this perky look at the February 2 tradition (and also offers a wink at those who like to postpone bedtime). Cox's (Cool Cat, School Cat
) critter has trouble following the protocol. Instead of
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Judy Cox, Author, Paul Meisel, Illustrator , illus. by Paul Meisel. Holiday $6.95 (28p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1874-9
"A restless groundhog toys with the idea of timing in this perky look at the February 2 tradition," according to PW
. "Thanks to a simple repetitive story structure and a cheery design, trick-or-treaters, turkeys and Santa Claus all...
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Judy Cox, illus. by Jeffrey Ebbeler. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2315-6
In Mouse’s third holiday adventure (after Cinco de Mouse-o and One Is a Feast for Mouse), he hitches a ride in a trick-or-treat bag, but gets motion sickness and finds shelter from a storm in a (maybe) haunted house. Ebbeler fills his acrylic...
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Judy Cox, illus. by Nina Cuneo. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-3701-6
An insomniac girl named Clarissa tries counting sheep to fall sleep, but it has the opposite effect: “A loud baa made her open her eyes, and to her surprise, she saw ten sheep in her room.” Counting additional animals—alpacas by twos, llamas by...
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Judy Cox, Author, Omar Rayyan, Illustrator Marshall Cavendish Children's Books $16.99 (246p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5376-5
Launching the Tails of Frederick and Ishbu series, Cox's (Don't Be Silly, Mrs. Millie!) first middle-grade novel is a labyrinthine saga starring two rat brothers who escape from their cage in a fifth-grade classroom. The two have distinct, equally...
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Judy Cox, illus. by Angela Dominguez, Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2174-9
The frustrations of starting school as the only Spanish-speaking student come through clearly in Cox's tale of a girl who slowly gets a handle on English with the help of a compassionate teacher. In first-person narration, Carmen doesn't mince words
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Judy Cox, Author, Joe Mathieu, Illustrator , illus. by Joe Mathieu. Marshall Cavendish $15.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5573-8
When exuberant Mrs. Millie takes her kindergarteners to the pumpkin patch, her malapropistic tendencies are in full force. “It's cold today... Don't forget your jackals
!” she says, as the laughing kids lift tongue-waggling...
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Judy Cox, Author, Emily Arnold McCully, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-201832-0
After trading swords for salads, two retired rabbit pirates enjoy a tr s bonne life in Provence in this evocative and playful picture book. Monsieur Lapin and Monsieur Blanc often reminisce about their youthful days of swashbuckling, though the two...
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Judy Cox, Author, Cynthia Fisher, Illustrator Holiday House $15.95 (80p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1379-9
The fresh and credible voices that Cox (Now We Can Have a Wedding!) attributes to her young characters give this brief, quick-moving novel plenty of life. When her teacher announces that the class can adopt a pet, Rosemary decides, ""Any pet would...
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Judy Cox, Author, Deborah Halverson, Editor, Linda Zuckerman, Editor Harcourt Children's Books $15 (80p) ISBN 978-0-15-202134-4
As she did in Rabbit Pirates, Cox chooses an amiable eating establishment setting as the setting for this cheerful spoof. Sam's Uncle Clem, an aspiring author, wishes something would happen at his remote Nevada caf so that he would have something...
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Judy Cox, Author, Elbrite Brown, Illustrator , illus. by Elbrite Brown. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1591-5
In Cox's (Now We Can Have a Wedding!
) rhythmic story, a cheerful African-American girl introduces the members of her family, each of whom plays an instrument in a different musical setting—with the aspiring young percussionist...
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DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan, Author, Judy Cox, Author, DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan, Illustrator Holiday House $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1342-3
A wedding just isn't a wedding without lots of good food to eat. So when Sallie announces that she's getting married, each of the neighbors in her apartment building prepares a traditional wedding delicacy in her honor. The narrator, Sallie's...
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