Mark Greenwood, illus. by Frané Lessac. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2943-1
Lessac’s vivid, naïve gouache paintings illustrations draw readers into this husband-and-wife team’s straightforward account of the Pilgrims’ voyage to North America in 1620. A brief paragraph accompanying each spread details the two-month journey...
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Mark Greenwood, Author, Frane Lessac, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-3913-6
Often cheerless, this tribute to a WWI foot soldier and the donkey he used to evacuate the wounded doesn't shy away from representing the grimness of war. The husband-and-wife Greenwood (The Legend of Moondyne Joe) and Lessac (Caribbean Alphabet)...
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Mark Greenwood, illus. by Fran%C3%A9 Lessac. Lee & Low, $18.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-60060-652-6
A roti (a folded pancake "filled with chicken and secret herbs and spices") might not seem like a rich enough prize to inspire the creation of a musical instrument, but Winston is hungry, and he knows that the best band in the Carnival parade will...
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Mark Greenwood, illus. by Fran%C3%A9 Lessac. Candlewick, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6155-7
Picture-book biographies frequently feature individuals who have acted commendably; the same can't necessarily be said for Greenwood's unlikely subject. At heart a storyteller, Frenchman Louis de Rougemont devours the accounts of world travelers and
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