Marilyn Sadler Bollen, Author, Marilyn Sadler, Author, Roger Bollen, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $2.5 (32p) ISBN 978-0-394-87245-2
P. J Funnybunny is one spoiled bunny. He always gets his own way. No matter whose birthday it is, P. J. insists on blowing out the candlesor he won't bring a present. When he and his friends play checkers, P. J. has to have the red ones. And when...
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Marilyn Sadler, illus. by Michael Slack. Blue Apple (Random, dist.), $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-60905-188-4
When Cow gets stuck in a fence, Bee springs into action: “Bee buzz-buzzed to Frog’s pad and said: ‘Cow is stuck in the fence. Pass it on!’ ” As the message travels, however, it gets mangled beyond recognition. “Cow has money. Pass it on!” shouts...
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Eric Comstock and Marilyn Sadler, illus. by Eric Comstock. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-237054-9
Pizza night provides ample chances for the eponymous character—who has a pie chart for a body—to use fractions. With five family members and Charlie’s friend Lewis visiting, there are six diners: “Everyone agreed on the size: Large! That meant...
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Marilyn Sadler, Author, Roger Bollen, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $3.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-679-89249-6
This chipper chapter book imagines life in the year 2049, chronicling the adventures of high-energy fifth-grader Zenon Kar. This is the latest in a series begun with the author-illustrator team's 1996 picture book Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century,...
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Marilyn Sadler, Author, Roger Bollen, Illustrator Little Simon $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-77817-0
Whimsy abounds in this heartwarming tale of two best friends--a 62-year-old lady and an alligator ``pushing forty.'' Ages 5-9. (June)
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Marilyn Sadler, Author, Roger Bollen, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $14 (48p) ISBN 978-0-689-80514-1
Traditional values inform this outer-space-age story, set a mere 40 years hence. Zenon--dressed in black, with hot-pink moon boots and a gravity-defying hairstyle--lives on a space station, talks on the video-phone and skates on a wheel-less ""hoverb
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