Kate Feiffer. S&S/Wiseman, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-4424-3331-1
Set in New York City, Feiffer’s (The Problem with Puddles) fantasy-tinged mystery follows two 11-year-olds—Indian-American Lucy, a recent transplant from Savannah, Ga., who “planned on becoming the world’s leading expert on handwriting,” and Nicky,...
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Kate Feiffer. Regalo, $28.99 (384p) ISBN 979-8-88845-131-1
Children’s book author Feiffer (No Go Sleep!) centers her winning adult debut on a playwright floundering amid family drama and a pressing deadline. Elise Hellman jumps at the chance to write a new play to be helmed by a popular director. Though the
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Kate Feiffer, Author, Bruce Ingman, Illustrator , illus. by Bruce Ingman. S&S $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-87190-0
Think pink" is the mantra of Madison, a girl who can't get enough of her favorite color. From a babbling baby ("Pink!" is her first word) to a youngster choosing her wardrobe and decorating her bedroom, Madison never considers...
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Kate Feiffer, Author, Tricia Tusa, Illustrator , illus. by Tricia Tusa. S&S/Wiseman $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-4169-4961-9
This capricious novel marks Feiffer's (President Pennybaker
) move into middle-grade fiction, in a story about a family that, for some reason, attracts clouds (“It was as if the cloud suddenly forgot it was heading to a hurricane in...
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Kate Feiffer, Author, Diane Goode, Illustrator , illus. by Diane Goode. S&S/Wiseman $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4169-1354-2
Adding to the slate of presidential-election titles, Feiffer’s (Henry the Dog with No Tail
) spirited picture book introduces a fresh-faced candidate, plucky Luke Pennybaker. Fed up with the blatant unfairness at home (no TV time, even after...
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Kate Feiffer, Author, Diane Goode, Illustrator , illus. by Diane Goode. S&S/Wiseman $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4169-4100-2
What if Mom and Dad were finally jailed for their crimes against their school-age daughter’s humanity (e.g., talking too loudly and enforcing a regular bedtime)? How perfect would that be? The sweetness of our narrator’s vision fades,...
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Kate Feiffer, Author, Diane Goode, Illustrator , illus. by Diane Goode. S&S/Wiseman $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4169-3941-2
When Oliver gets a baby sister instead of a brother, he's the only one who realizes that a mistake has been made. “In fact, everyone looked very happy, as if there had been no mistake at all,” writes Feiffer, previously paired with...
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Kate Feiffer, Author, Jules Feiffer, Illustrator , illus. by Jules Feiffer. S&S/Wiseman $16.99 (28p) ISBN 978-14169-1614-7
Both fanciful and contrived, Kate Feiffer's (Double Pink
) story about being careful what you wish for also feels labored. It begins ingenuously if wordily: “Henry wanted one thing in life. He wanted a tail. Henry was a dog with no tail....
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Kate Feiffer, Author, Jules Feiffer, Illustrator , illus. by Jules Feiffer S&S/Wiseman $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4169-9147-2
Who should become the First Pup in the Obama White House? In this whimsical imagining by the father-daughter team behind Henry the Dog with No Tail
, animals across the globe take the matter into their own paws—and not all contenders for the...
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Kate Feiffer, illus. by Jules Feiffer, Candlewick, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-4405-5
This father-and-daughter team's account of a family car trip, inspired by
real-life family history, is one continuous smile of a story. It's narrated by Sadie, who details the mishaps that have prevented their family from reaching the zoo in the...
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Kate Feiffer, illus. by Jules Feiffer. S&S/Wiseman, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4424-1683-3
“No go sleep!” insists a baby, and clearly his parents aren’t going to change his mind. But the rest of the world is more than ready to call it a day, and celestial bodies, nearby animals, a car driving down the street, and even the front door give...
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Kate Feiffer, Author, Laura Huliska-Beith, Illustrator , illus. by Laura Huliska-Beith. S&S/Wiseman $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4169-4099-9
Feiffer and Huliska-Beith's pregnancy comedy gets off to a slow start: the opening pages, devoted to all the baby's possible names, doesn't have much to do with what follows. But once they establish their hook, the book cruises along.
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