Marcus Pfister, Author NorthSouth $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55858-605-5
On the day before Christmas, the most important day of his year, Santa sleeps in; from there the disasters snowball. The jolly fat man can't get the reindeer to fly and his sack of toys won't fit through the workshop door. Such is the stuff of Santa'
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Marcus Pfister. Minedition (IPG, dist.), $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-988-8341-23-8
The big-beaked raven who stars in this wordless outing has many plans, most of them devious. He bumps into a tree, leaving him with a bandaged beak. Bird friends lavish sympathy on him, so he bandages up other parts of himself to invite more...
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Marcus Pfister, trans. from the German by David Henry Wilson. NorthSouth, $18.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4287-8
Pfister’s glittery-scaled fish returns, just in time for the character’s 25th anniversary, in a story about being a good sport. Rainbow Fish is having an off day playing hide and seek with his fellow fish, and when his frustrations boil over, he...
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Marcus Pfister. Minedition (IPG, dist.), $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-988-8240-43-2
A flock of ravens—they look like the naysayers previously seen in 2014's The Little Moon Raven—gets an attitude makeover courtesy of a brightly colored Paradise Bird, who crash-lands in front of the tree on which they are perched. Unhurt by his...
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Marcus Pfister, trans. from the German by Kathryn Bishop. Minedition (IPG, dist.), $19.99 (32p) ISBN 978-988-824081-4
Pfister offers a somewhat gloomy parable in the story of a “puny” raven who’s ridiculed by larger, older birds. They refuse to play with him until he flies to the moon and back, claiming, “We used to do it every day, when we were your age.” Watching
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Marcus Pfister. North-South (Ingram, dist.), $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4179-6
Zoe and Leo, a pair of "best mouse-friend[s]," dream up metaphors to try to encapsulate the feeling of happiness. Pfister again uses the crinkly textured illustration style seen in recent books like The Yellow Cab and Ava's Poppy as the two mice...
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Marcus Pfister. North-South (Ingram, dist.), $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4136-9
From alligator to zebra, Pfister takes readers on an alphabetical tour of the animal kingdom, with just a few departures from reality—U is for a unicorn (“I’m a horse with a spiral horn./ In someone’s dream I was born”) and X is represented by a...
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Marcus Pfister. North-South (Ingram, dist.), $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4111-6
Pfister takes readers from the heart of the city to the middle of the rain forest in a story with a hazy environmental message. Jack, an aging and lightly anthropomorphic city taxi, is intrigued by a poster promoting the Brazilian rain forest....
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Marcus Pfister. North-South, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4057-7
Employing a gentle tone, Pfister encapsulates the circle of life in this sweetly simple story about a girl’s fondness for a flower. When ginger-haired Ava spies a bright red poppy in the field near her home one summer day, she recognizes it as both...
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Marcus Pfister, North-South, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4000-3
In an age when infinite answers are available in an instant, maybe the questions we ask are what matter most.
"[T]here's so much that I want to know," writes Pfister, and in 13 short couplets he shows readers how questioning is a genuinely creative...
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Marcus Pfister, Author NorthSouth $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1243-7
Even youngest readers will predict what a turn of the page will bring when they absorb the opening scene: Honey Bear sits despondently on a rock, wondering if everyone except his mother has forgotten his birthday. ""Surprise!"" shouts his furry...
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Marcus Pfister, Author NorthSouth $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-1-55858-273-6
The creator of The Rainbow Fish serves up a tepid, rambling friendship story about a boy named Chris and his stuffed-toy crocodile. Somewhere between Lyle and Barney lingers Croc, in a kind of stuffed-toy-as-playmate limbo. Alternating between bored
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Marcus Pfister, Author . North-South $6.95 (, $6.95 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-7358-1164-5
When his grandfather urges him to take advantage of his youth, a young hedgehog ventures out into the world and returns pleased with his life just as it is. "The rather heavy-handed message overpowers the story," said PW, "but spare,...
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Marcus Pfister, Author NorthSouth $12.99 (18p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1837-8
Marcus Pfister's Rainbow Fish keeps on swimming in the Rainbow Fish Floor Puzzle Book. The paper-over-board book boasts one large puzzle piece that pops out of each illustration. Underneath, the illustration is almost identical except for a ...
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Marcus Pfister, Author NorthSouth $4.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1653-4
Marcus Pfister enlists his famous fish in two concept books. Numbers in Rainbow Fish Counting progress from one crab to 10 fish, but, as the last page reminds readers, there is ""only one glittering Rainbow Fish!"" In Rainbow Fish Colors, sea...
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Marcus Pfister, Author NorthSouth $4.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1930-6
Marcus Pfister enlists his famous fish in two concept books. Numbers in Rainbow Fish Counting progress from one crab to 10 fish, but, as the last page reminds readers, there is ""only one glittering Rainbow Fish!"" In Rainbow Fish Colors, sea...
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Marcus Pfister, Author NorthSouth $9.95 (12p) ISBN 978-1-55858-536-2
The hologram-hued hero of The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister will now glitter and shimmer in even younger hands, in a new board book edition. Also available in Spanish as El pez arco iris. (North-South, $9.95 ages 1-3 ISBN 1-55858-536-2, Spanish, -55
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Marcus Pfister, Author NorthSouth $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-356-6
Fuzzy watercolors animate the story of Pete, the littlest penguin, who longs to swim with the rest of the flock. Ages 3-5. (Dec.)
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Marcus Pfister, Author NorthSouth $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1615-2
Rainbow Fish creator Marcus Pfister has crafted a novel ode to self-acceptance in Just the Way You Are, trans. by Marianne Martens. Throughout, die-cut pages picture animals envious of other animals: Lion would like to have Toucan's beak, Toucan
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Kveta Pacovska, Translator, Andrew Clements, Translator NorthSouth $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-341-2
For those inclined to muse on the secret life of the moon (``Where is the moon when he is not in the sky?'') this unusual picture book offers a romantic answer: at the theater. One night, while the actors are sleeping, the clown sees a sliver of...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Pfister, Author, M. Pfister, Author NorthSouth $18.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1403-5
K-Gr 3-Milo's adventures continue as he leads a party of thrill-seeking mice to a mysterious island. Once there they meet up with a tribe of mice that look different from them and have unusual habits. As with the English edition published in...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Ariel Almohar, Translator NorthSouth $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1654-1
Rainbow Fish creator Marcus Pfister has crafted a novel ode to self-acceptance in Just the Way You Are, trans. by Marianne Martens. Throughout, die-cut pages picture animals envious of other animals: Lion would like to have Toucan's beak, Toucan
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Anthea Bell, Translator NorthSouth $15.95 (25p) ISBN 978-1-55858-003-9
Penguin Pete, previously encountered in Penguin Pete and Penguin Pete's New Friends , romps with some dolphins on his way back to his home colony. Later he finds true love with a blue-beaked girl penguin named Pat; they get married and have a baby...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, J. Alison James, Translator NorthSouth $18.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-55858-337-5
The appeal of this somewhat run-of-the-mill story is boosted by the use of a reflective overlay on the tiny prehistoric hero's spines-the same technique that brought bestsellerdom to Pfister's The Rainbow Fish. Readers first meet Dazzle as a sparkly
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Marcus Pfister, Author, J. Alison James, Translator NorthSouth $18.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-55858-486-0
Rainbow Fish, that glittery piscine, is back, this time with another moral to impart. Readers will remember how he learned to share in the original tale (The Rainbow Fish), doling out his shimmering scales to all the have-nots, and this story finds...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, J. Alison James, Translator NorthSouth $8.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1481-3
A mini-book edition of Rainbow Fish to the Rescue! by Pfister (the second adventure in the series) includes the complete text and the same glittering illustrations, as Rainbow Fish and his friends help the little striped fish avert a shark. (Sept
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Marcus Pfister, Author, J. Alison James, Translator NorthSouth $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1816-3
When his grandfather urges him to take advantage of his youth, a young hedgehog ventures out into the world and returns pleased with his life just as it is. ""The rather heavy-handed message overpowers the story,"" said PW, ""but spare, genial...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, J. Alison James, Translator NorthSouth $18.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1536-0
Return of the Rainbow Fish Marcus Pfister's famous fish stars in a crop of new titles. In the paper-over-board Rainbow Fish and the Sea Monsters' Cave by Pfister, the big blue fish and the little blue fish bravely enter ""the most dangerous place
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Marcus Pfister, Author, J. Alison James, Translator NorthSouth $18.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-55858-009-1
Despite some jazzy special effects achieved with shimmery holographs, this cautionary tale about selfishness and vanity has trouble staying afloat. Rainbow Fish, ``the most beautiful fish in the entire ocean,'' refuses to share his prized iridescent
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Marcus Pfister, Illustrator . North-South $17.95 (12p) ISBN 978-0-7358-2229-0
The star of several picture books, Rainbow Fish is back in his first pop-up book, with the sparkling protagonist meeting some other aquatic creatures. The interactive elements add layering and a sense of movement as Rainbow navigates the underwater...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Marcus Pfister, Illustrator NorthSouth $9.95 (20p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1716-6
Fans of Marcus Pfister's Rainbow Fish will welcome Rainbow Fish A,B,C, in which the fellow invites youngsters to his underwater school: ""Come for a swim in the deep blue sea,/ and learn the alphabet with me!"" Throughout, large alphabet letters...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Marcus Pfister, Illustrator NorthSouth $9.95 (20p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1714-2
Fans of Marcus Pfister's Rainbow Fish will welcome Rainbow Fish A,B,C, in which the fellow invites youngsters to his underwater school: ""Come for a swim in the deep blue sea,/ and learn the alphabet with me!"" Throughout, large alphabet letters...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Marcus Pfister, Illustrator, J. Alison James, Translator , trans. by J. Alison James. North-South $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-2064-7
From the creator of the Rainbow Fish books comes another fable, this time about two mole brothers. Tim tends to do what comes naturally; his idea of fun is to dig a deep hole. Matt is the rebel; he yearns to build a hill to "see over the tall...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Marcus Pfister, Illustrator, Marianne Martens, Translator , trans. by Marianne Martens. North-South $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-2020-3
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child's eye–view and tender storytelling tone distinguish this Nativity entry by the creator of The Rainbow Fish
. Young Aaron isn't sure what to make of his dream about a bright star and his family's small stable in Bethlehem....
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Gail Donovan, Author, Based On Books by Pfister, Author NorthSouth $3.99 (24p) ISBN 978-1-59014-002-4
Rainbow Fish & Friends kicks off with a quartet of titles by Gail Donovan, illus. by David Austin Clar Studio, that introduce the students in Miss Cuttle's underwater class. Tug mimics everything Rainbow Fish does in The Copycat Fish and then...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Gail Donovan, Author, Based On Books by Pfister, Author NorthSouth $3.99 (24p) ISBN 978-1-59014-001-7
Rainbow Fish & Friends kicks off with a quartet of titles by Gail Donovan, illus. by David Austin Clar Studio, that introduce the students in Miss Cuttle's underwater class. Tug mimics everything Rainbow Fish does in The Copycat Fish and then...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Gail Donovan, Author, Based On Books by Pfister, Author NorthSouth $3.99 (24p) ISBN 978-1-59014-003-1
Rainbow Fish & Friends kicks off with a quartet of titles by Gail Donovan, illus. by David Austin Clar Studio, that introduce the students in Miss Cuttle's underwater class. Tug mimics everything Rainbow Fish does in The Copycat Fish and then...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Gail Donovan, Author, Based On Books by Pfister, Author NorthSouth $3.99 (24p) ISBN 978-1-59014-000-0
Rainbow Fish & Friends kicks off with a quartet of titles by Gail Donovan, illus. by David Austin Clar Studio, that introduce the students in Miss Cuttle's underwater class. Tug mimics everything Rainbow Fish does in The Copycat Fish and then...
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Marcus Pfister, Author, Marianne Martens, Translator, Marcus Pfister, Illustrator NorthSouth $18.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-682-6
Pfister (The Rainbow Fish) continues to appeal to the magpie instincts of the very young with his signature glittering foil overlays. In this tall-format book, about a mouse who finds a glowing stone that helps ward off the cold, dark days of winter,
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Marcus Pfister, Author, J. Alison James, Illustrator , trans. by J. Alison James. North-South $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-2144-6
Pfister (the Rainbow Fish books) introduces an inquisitive duckling who leaves his mother and siblings to explore the area surrounding their pond. He encounters several animals (none of which the text identifies by name) before a cow (a “brown
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Pat Regel, Author, Marcus Pfister, Author Taunton Press $19.95 (160p) ISBN 978-1-56158-186-3
The poor relations of the horticultural world may have languished in the shadow of their outdoor cousins during the recent gardening boom, but it appears that houseplants are now regaining some of the esteem they enjoyed during the 1960s and '70s (se
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Marcus Pfister, trans. from the German by David Henry Wilson. NorthSouth, $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4382-0
Rainbow Fish creator Pfister sets this caper on solid terra firma, introducing a squirrel who can’t find his hazelnuts. In sprightly rhymed couplets, he theatrically addresses a lineup of forest creatures: “All three have vanished. Not a trace./...
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Marcus Pfister, trans. from the German by David Henry Wilson. NorthSouth, $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4469-8
Walrus Franz-Ferdinand possesses three-foot-long tusks, dislikes moving, and has spent much of his 42 years fighting other walruses. When “one of the most famous flamingo ballet schools in the world” relocates to his neighborhood on the east coast...
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Marcus Pfister, trans. from the German by David Henry Wilson. NorthSouth, $19.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4558-9
“From a distance we all look the same—simply a large group of penguins,” writes Pfister (The Rainbow Fish), referencing a large cast of lightly anthropomorphized characters who inhabit a minimally detailed, blue-white Antarctic landscape. But as the
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