Kevin McCloskey, Author Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books $14 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-10474-0
``There are many beautiful views in Brooklyn. The view from Mrs. Fitz's apartment window isn't one of them.'' This genial, white-haired lady decides to do something to brighten her bleak urban outlook. She buys two pink plastic flamingos at a...
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Kevin McCloskey. Toon (Consortium, dist.), $12.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-943145-15-7
Like McCloskey’s We Dig Worms! and The Real Poop on Pigeons!, this overview of fish big and small (mostly small) takes an irreverent approach to its subject. Two elementary school age children serve as guides, sharing details about fish, but the...
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Kevin McCloskey. Toon (Consortium, dist.), $12.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-935179-80-1
McCloskey comes not to bury worms (they can handle that themselves) but to praise them in a guide to annelids that manages to be reverent in its irreverence. Painting on brown paper bags, McCloskey offers a crash course on worm physiology, habits,...
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Kevin McCloskey. Toon (Consortium, dist.), $12.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-935179-93-1
McCloskey (We Dig Worms!) shifts focus to another oft-maligned animal, smoothly mixing naturalism with offbeat visual humor. When a bearded park visitor expresses his dislike for pigeons, a brigade of children dressed in pigeon costumes descend and...
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