Margriet Ruurs, illus. by W. Allan Hancock. Tundra, $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-88776-973-3
Hancock and Ruurs use subjects like reproduction, migration, navigation, hunting, and defense to organize the diverse subjects in their introduction to animal behavior. A discussion on home building features the North American beaver, "an architect...
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Margaret Ruurs, illus. by Jessica Rae Gordon. Kids Can, $18.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-894786-57-7
Readers meet fictional children from 14 nations in this engaging companion to Donata Montanari’s Children Around the World (2001). The children introduce themselves and their families while sharing highlights from their daily routines. Zofia, from...
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Margriet Ruurs and Katherine Gibson. Pajama (Orca, dist.), $22.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-9274-8563-7
The landscape of the coal-mining English town where Ted Harrison grew up was a far cry from the paintings of colorful horizons that would define his art. Harrison developed his distinctive style after vowing to create only joyful images (“There’s...
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Margriet Ruurs, illus. by Alice Feagan. Kids Can, $18.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-77138-047-8
In this companion to Children Around the World and Families Around the World, Ruurs introduces 14 children from various countries, based on real individuals, who describe what school is like for them. Feagan’s crisp, digitally assembled cut-paper...
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Margriet Ruurs, Author, Dianna Bonder, Illustrator Walrus Books $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55285-264-4
In A Pacific Alphabet by Margriet Ruurs, illus. by Dianna Bonder, each page features a painting and a letter, which dominates the corresponding rhyme; back pages list all 26 letters and the items pictured in the full-bleed wry paintings that...
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