Lola M. Schaefer, illus. by Jessica Meserve. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4231-3760-3
Out in his backyard, Spencer can be a lot of things: tall as a giraffe (with help from a ladder) or loud as an elephant (provided he has two metal trash cans to bang). Strong, fast, messy, wild—Spencer has those qualities and more within him. But...
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Lola M. Schaefer, illus. by Jessica Meserve. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4231-7112-6
Mia, the newborn introduced in One Special Day (2012), is now a toddler, but older brother Spencer is too “busy” to play with her. She doesn’t wallow—instead, “Mia painted... a bold, bright picture. She danced... like a twirly, whirly ballerina. She
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Lola M. Schaefer, illus. by Christopher Silas Neal. Chronicle, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4521-0714-1
Schaefer (One Special Day) and Neal (Over and Under the Snow) use traits and developmental milestones of 11 species as a way to take full measure of animal lives, and the result is as intriguing as it is gorgeous. Readers visit a silvery forest,...
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Lola M. Schaefer, Author, Lindsay Barrett George, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-17834-5
Pick, Pull, Snap!: Where Once a Flower Bloomed by Lola Schaefer, illus. by Lindsay Barrett George, focuses on berry patches, cornfields, an orchard, peanut farm and pumpkin patch. The text details how different produce grow, with gatefold flaps...
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Lola M. Schaefer, Author, Jane Wattenberg, Illustrator , illus. by Jane Wattenberg. HarperCollins/Greenwillow $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-688-17039-4
Using the same approach as with her This Is the Sunflower, Schaefer celebrates the earth's waters. "This is the ocean/ blue and vast,/ that holds the rainwater from the past." The accompanying illustration depicts a night sky filled with
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Lola Schaefer, illus. by Geoff Waring, Chronicle, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8118-6473-2
An expert blend of art and science, this large-format picture book offers expressive life-size illustrations of 11 animals—and their meals. For a worm, that means a speck of dirt; for a Komodo dragon that is dripping saliva, it's a snake, which it...
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Lola M. Schaefer, Author, Kevan Atteberry, Illustrator , illus. by Kevan Atteberry. Marshall Cavendish $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5358-1
With his creamy skin and blissful smile, Frankie Stein seems a delightful baby. In the Munsters
–like premise, however, his evident normalcy worries his parents, a green-skinned Frankenstein's monster and his Bride. “ 'Oh my,�
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Lola M. Schaefer, illus. by Kevan Atteberry, Marshall Cavendish, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5656-8
In this sequel to Frankie Stein, the titular towhead doesn’t just look different from his green-skinned, Frankenstein monster parents—he looks different from all the kids at Miss Wart’s Academy. At first, Frankie has a hard time making friends (“Ewww
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Lola M. Schaefer, illus. by Paul Meisel. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-3555-5
The creators of Swamp Chomp (2014) focus on animals indigenous to another ecosystem while offering a similar mix of staccato text and fluid art. After a hushed opening spread (“On the savanna, animals sleep”), the creatures leap to life. Schaefer...
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