Marni McGee, Author, John Winch, Illustrator , illus. by John Winch. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1695-0
This gentle yet unusually evocative book introduces Palm Sunday via the reminiscences of a humble donkey. McGee (Wake Up, Me) uses a prefatory note to supply background and explain the holiday; the narrative itself concentrates on creating a mood....
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Marni McGee, Author, Jason Cockcroft, Illustrator , illus. by Jason Cockcroft. Knopf $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-375-83447-9
This tender tale of a street urchin's wondrous encounter with the Holy Family hits all the right holiday notes. Naomi, a beggar girl eager to spy the royal visitors rumored to be in a nearby stable, rushes over only to find a sleeping woman and
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Marni McGee, Author, Tina Macnaughton, Illustrator , illus. by Tina Macnaughton. Good Books $16 (26p) ISBN 978-1-56148-513-0
Are there angels here on Earth? The cuddly creatures of McGee's (Sleepy Me
) gentle-hearted picture book believe so. Beginning with a history of sorts ("Long ago, when the world was new,/ The Angels all had work to do"), the melodic...
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Marni McGee, Author, Ian Beck, Illustrator Walker & Company $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-9569-4
Some wolves like to eat little pigs; some have a penchant for grannies, but Winston can't get enough of words. Banned from the library for literally devouring books (the paper-over-board book's cover has a bite-size die-cut hole), he's taken under...
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Marni McGee, Author, Sam Williams, Illustrator , illus. by Sam Williams. S&S $14.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-82378-7
In this cozy bedtime tale, a curly-headed toddler (of unspecified gender) grows drowsier and drowsier as a loving father carries the child off to bed. McGee's (The Forest Child) rhymed text, with only a few words per page, sets out the familiar...
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Marni McGee, Author, Sam Williams, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $17 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-83163-8
""Wake up, ears./ Wake up, eyes./ No more lazy,/ sleepy sighs."" Simple quatrains and sunny watercolors evoke the mood and rituals of a toddler's morning in Wake Up, Me! by Marni McGee, illus. by Sam Williams, the companion volume to Sleepy Me. (A
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