Kate Spohn, Author . Random $11.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-375-82186-8
"Wet" (laminated) and "dry" (plain paper) spreads alternate in this paper-over-board book, in which a rainy day highlights the differences between two children. "I like books./ I like tea./ I like the purr, purr/ of Kitten and me,
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Kate Spohn, Author . Bloomsbury $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58234-867-4
Both a lighthearted entreaty for benevolent human-mouse relations and a tribute to Dorothy Lathrop (who won the first Caldecott Medal for Animals of the Bible
) and her sister Gertrude, Spohn's (the Turtle and Snake series) latest title stars a...
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Kate Spohn, Author Cartwheel Books $11.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-439-26713-7
Liberally accented by sparkling silver glitter, Kate Spohn's Snow Play captures the simple joys of winter as a baby bear travels to grandma's house. ""Snow under trees/ Snow on air/ Snow on leaves/ Snow on bear,"" reads the rhyming text. The...
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Kate Spohn, Author HarperFestival $10.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-06-052977-2
In another fuzzy board book, Kate Spohn does a riff on ""All Creatures Great and Small"" in Critter Love. As the text describes the virtue of loving all living things (""Love the big/ and the small./ Hug the furry, the sleek,/ the short, and the
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Kate Spohn, Author Orchard Books (NY) $13.95 (31p) ISBN 978-0-531-05841-1
Clementine the Cat knows winter is coming, and this year she wants to be prepared. She imagines all of the new clothes she will need, and the variety of possibilities for each article. She envisions numerous longjohns, shirts, jumpers, sweaters,...
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Kate Spohn, Author Orchard Books (NY) $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-531-05920-3
In this sweet first chapter/picture book, Fanny, a pear, is concerned about her physical appearance. She constantly compares herself to her best friend Margarita, a banana--``slender and yellow,'' not ``plump and green'' like Fanny. Fanny's anxiety...
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Kate Spohn, Author Viking Children's Books $13.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-670-84692-4
Following their debut in Introducing Fanny , this book marks the second appearance of Spohn's anthropomorphic pear and banana. These slight vignettes advise against superficiality but, less admirably, may promote in three- to eight-year-old girls a...
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Kate Spohn, Author Viking Children's Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-85769-2
This graceful book describes the life of a homeless woman, a ``street picker,'' who is ``always there, collecting things that have been thrown away.'' Spohn (Christmas at Anna's) outlines the girl's childhood in an unnamed foreign country; her...
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Kate Spohn, Author Viking Children's Books $13.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-86758-5
This chapter book features little plot or character development, but its repetitive verbal and visual cues can aid beginners. Each of its four scenarios favors a somewhat staccato Dick-and-Jane style ""`Hello, Goose!' say Dog and Cat. / `Hello, Dog!
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Kate Spohn, Author Random House Children's Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-679-89175-8
Swirls of glitter add a dreamy dazzle to this bedtime book. Spohn's (Dog and Cat Make a Splash) meltingly soft paintings, in fresh pastel colors, show ""mer-mommies and daddies"" tucking their little ones in for the night. Spohn tunes the listener's
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Kate Spohn, Author Viking Children's Books $13.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03613-4
After celebrating Halloween and Christmas together, Kate Spohn's buddies return for Turtle and Snake's Valentine's Day. The story follows Turtle as he runs errands in town, buying presents for his best friend, Snake; beginning readers also can...
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Kate Spohn, Author, Kate Sophn, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-02-786351-2
Spohn's (Broken Umbrellas; Fanny and Margarita) appealing paintings of Sun, Moon and Star outshine her pedestrian text in this slight book about sunset and sunrise. Sun is pictured as part balloon, part happy face, but, like the other characters, he
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