Maida Silverman, Author David R. Godine Publisher $12.95 (181p) ISBN 978-0-87923-731-8
`` Here is a treasure for city dwellers who have been missing abundant pleasures free for the finding. Silverman is articulate and affectionate as she tells of the great variety of beautiful and valuable plants--bittersweet to yarrow--which grow...
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Maida Silverman, Author, Barbara Garrison, Illustrator Dial Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1427-4
Garrison's (Another Celebrated Dancing Bear) handsome collagraphs set the tone for this elegant introduction to major Jewish holidays as well as the Sabbath. From Rosh Hashanah to Purim, Passover and Shavuot, Silverman (The Glass Menorah) delves...
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Maida Silverman, Author, Carolyn S. Ewing, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-83083-9
The story of the first Hanukkah is augmented by instructions for making dreidels, lighting the menorah, etc. PW noted Silverman's ability to ""encapsulate in simple language such complex events."" Ages 5-8. (Oct.)
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Maida Silverman, Author, Carolyn S. Ewing, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $8.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-67200-3
This is an admirably simple, clear telling of the rather complicated story of King Ahasuerus, Queen Esther, her cousin Mordecai and the villain Haman. Esther becomes queen after her predecessor is banished; she and Mordecai, the king's scribe, save...
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Maida Silverman, Author, Carol Inouye, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $7.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-65897-7
The appeal of this book is in the title; children are drawn to both dinosaurs and to babies. Silverman begins with facts: the bones and fossils of dinosaur babies are even rarer than those of adults and for years scientists believed they were...
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