Maria Gianferrari, illus. by Brian Floca. Roaring Brook, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-62672-096-1
The spare, poetic prose of Gianferrari (Hello Goodbye Dog) joins the realistic watercolors of Floca (Princess Cora and the Crocodile) to present a day in the life of a red-tailed hawk. “Hooked beak, sharp as a knife./ Head turning./ Eyes searching./
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Maria Gianferrari, illus. by Maris Wicks. Roaring Brook, $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-250-84987-8
As playful as it is informative, this simplified graphical narrative combines the labeled sketches of a child’s field journal with mildly slapstick incidents in the life of an Australian satin bowerbird. Satin, as the child calls the bird, builds an
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Maria Gianferrari, illus. by Pete Oswald. HarperCollins, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-306791-2
Across the seasons and from wake-up to bedtime, a squat brown dog models a Zen mindset in this canine-centric call to just “be.” Emphasizing sensory experiences, declarative, action-oriented phrases prompt: “Breathe deep./ Sniff,/ sniff,/ sniffing...
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Maria Gianferrari, illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline. Roaring Brook, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-62672-041-1
Quietly poetic text and show-stopping artwork create a tense account of a coyote's nocturnal search for food. Gianferrari (the Penny & Jelly books) instantly establishes an atmospheric setting, opening as "Coyote wakes in her den,/ a hollowed-out...
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Maria Gianferrari, illus. by Danny Chatzikonstantinou. Aladdin, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4814-2265-9
A police officer faces off against a wily magician in this pun-soaked story from Gianferrari (the Penny & Jelly series) and Chatzikonstantinou (My Grandma’s a Ninja). The Great Houndini, a canine traveling magician, comes to Kitty City every year...
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Maria Gianferrari, illus. by Felicita Sala. Abrams, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4197-4422-8
“Stand tall. Stretch your branches to the sun.” Gianferrari writes a hymn to attributes shared by humans and trees, guiding readers through lessons to be learned from their arboreal brethren. The bodies of trees and humans are not so different (“Your
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Maria Gianferrari, illus. by Monica Mikai. Norton Young Readers, $18.95 (48p) ISBN 978-1-3240-1579-6
Rooted in gratitude, this educational title explains in simple yet comprehensive terms how animal products and foods move from farm to table. Narrating in free verse, Gianferrari succinctly compresses complex farming, production, and supply chain...
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Maria Gianferrari, illus. by Hannah Salyer. Clarion, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-0632-57252
It’s with trepidation that bespectacled young Rain, portrayed with pale skin, arrives at a stable to participate in school program Giddy-Up and Read. Rain pictures the jeering faces of classmates who “stare and make her feel small inside,” but Snow,
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