Margaret Hodges, Adapted by, Richard Jesse Watson, Illustrator, Margaret Hodges, Author , illus. by Richard Jesse Watson. Eerdmans $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8028-5077-5
Hodges (Saint George and the Dragon) masterfully adapts William Caxton's 15th-century translation of The Golden Legend
to serve up a saint's tale with strong folkloric elements. Offero, a strong man who works as a bearer (porter), wants to...
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Margaret Hodges, Retold by, Margaret Hodges, Author, Amanda Harvey, Illustrator Holiday House $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1354-6
Two sisters meet opposite fates in this belabored retelling of an old English tale. When their parents' bag of money is stolen, the first daughter sets out to look for work. Along the way she performs a series of thoughtful deeds that will later...
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Margaret Hodges, Author Scribner Book Company $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-684-18979-6
This biography of a family traces the lives of six remarkable people who each carved a niche in the world and left an indelible mark in U.S. history during the first half of this century. Poor yet high-spirited, lovers of both literature and nature,
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Margaret Hodges, Author, Aki Sogabe, Illustrator , illus. by Aki Sogabe. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1594-6
Drawing on Lafcadio Hearn's collections of traditional Japanese tales, Hodges (St. George and the Dragon) succinctly recounts a legend of the early boyhood of 15th-century artist Sesshu Toyo. The boy, in training to be a priest, spends every...
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Margaret Hodges, Author, David Frampton, Illustrator, Margery Evernden, With Scribner Book Company $15 (96p) ISBN 978-0-684-19437-0
Stirring and stately, these nine tales of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table sparkle with the rich language of professional storytellers. They revive the legends of Merlin's passage to adulthood, young Arthur's drawing of the sword from...
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Margaret Hodges, Author, Ted Lewin, Illustrator Scribner Book Company $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-684-19173-7
Francis has been born into a wealthy family in Assisi. Increasingly troubled by the intense poverty around him, the lad sells some family items and gives the money to a poor church. Francis's father is disgraced by his son's actions and orders him...
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Margaret Hodges, Author, Trina Schart Hyman, Author, Trina Schart Hyman, Illustrator Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $7.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-36795-0
This adaptation of The Faerie Queen features illustrations that ``glitter with color and mesmerizing details,'' said PW. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Margaret Hodges, Author, Barry Moser, Illustrator , illus. by Barry Moser. Harcourt $16 (31p) ISBN 978-0-15-200946-5
Significant events and experiences in the life of Moses are recreated via the late Hodges's (Saint George and the Dragon
) straightforward, child-friendly text in this picture-book biography. From his earliest days as an infant sent down the...
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Margaret Hodges, Author, Charles Mikolaycak, Illustrator Holiday House $17.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0934-1
The late Mikolaycak's stirring art graces the pages of this eloquent retelling by Hodges ( The Kitchen Knight ; Saint Patrick and the Peddler , Children's Forecasts, Aug. 23). The double-tiered plot centers on Hans, a courageous cobbler whose legs...
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Margaret Hodges, Author, Kimberly Bulcken Root, Illustrator Holiday House $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1509-0
No tall tale, this account of eccentric Johnny Chapman, who planted apple seeds far into the unsettled West, is grounded in facts. Ages 5-8. (Jan.)
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Margaret Hodges, Author, Robert Rayevsky, Illustrator Holiday House $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1424-6
Compared to Diane Stanley's intellectually challenging Joan of Arc or to Josephine Poole and Angela Barrett's ardent, spiritual Joan of Arc, Hodges's (Saint George and the Dragon) retelling of the saint's story seems flat. She sets out the main...
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Margaret Hodges, Author, Melisande Potter, Illustrator Holiday House $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1987-6
Hodges (Saint George and the Dragon) retells the age-old story of how a boy coming from nothing, makes something of himself in this true-to-life saga of the three-time Lord Mayor of London. Orphaned young Dick Whittington arrives in the city with...
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Jonathan Swift, Author, Margaret Hodges, Author, Kimberly Bulcken Root, Illustrator Holiday House $17.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1147-4
In a sterling picture-book adaptation of a literary classic, Hodges (The Hero of Bremen) and Root (Boots and His Brothers) dextrously retell the first part of Gulliver's Travels. Gulliver's shipwreck, his capture by Lilliputians, his role in the war
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Lafcadio Hearn, Author, Margaret Hodges, Author, Ed Young, Illustrator Little Brown and Company $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-36791-2
A haunting cover illustration gives way to the story of a legend associated with the Great Bell of Beijing. Nearly 500 years ago, the Emperor of China, Sun of Heaven, commanded Kouan-Yu to gather together worthy men to create the greatest of bells, `
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