Mary Jane Auch, Author . Dell/Yearling $4.99 (, $4.99 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-440-41805-4
The pioneer family of Journey to Nowhere
and Frozen Summer
returns for this installment, set in 1817, as 13-year-old Remembrance Nye leads her younger siblings back from upstate New York to their grandmother's house in Connecticut. Ages 10-up.
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Mary Jane Auch, Author Holiday House $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1312-6
Rigoletto proves the inspiration for the rooster hero of this comically feathered tale, penned by the punny author of Hen Lake and Peeping Beauty. Most barnyard fowl are content to cry ""Cock-a-doodle-doo,"" but Luigi ""get[s] bored crowing the same
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Mary Jane Auch, Author Holiday House $16.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1242-6
In this lighthearted companion to The Easter Egg Farm, Pauline the hen reveals a rare talent: if she concentrates on an image while laying an egg, the image appears on the eggshell. Asked to copy paintings hanging in a gallery onto her eggs, Pauline
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Mary Jane Auch, Author Holiday House $17.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1188-7
When Percival the peacock moves into the barnyard, he ruffles all the hens' feathers with his ceaseless boasts. Before long, a dance-mad chicken named Poulette challenges him to compete in a talent contest, and convinces her fellow hens to train as...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author Holiday House $17.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1001-9
With the same clever and amusing chic of The Easter Egg Farm, Auch here zeroes in on the girls in the henhouse for another snappy tale. Aspiring to be the first hen ballerina, Poulette ``did warm-up stretches and dreamed of stardom.'' In spite of...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author Holiday House $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1095-8
Auch's (The Easter Egg Farm; Dumbstruck) somewhat offbeat tale blends two common picture-book themes: apprehension about a new sibling and fear of nighttime beasties. Monsters invade Rodney's bedroom every night, and nothing-neither strands of...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author . Dell/Laurel-Leaf $5.99 (
, $5.99 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-440-23851-5
, $5.99 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-440-23851-5
According to PW
, "Auch combines a classic immigration tale with the events of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory in this spirited novel." Ages 12-up. (Feb.)
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Mary Jane Auch, Author Yearling Books $4.5 (208p) ISBN 978-0-440-41624-1
In a starred review of this sequel to Journey to Nowhere, PW said the author's ""attention to the unromantic details of pioneer life, combined with evocative description and involving dialogue, gives her work uncommon dimension."" Ages 10-up. (June)
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Mary Jane Auch, Author Holiday House $17.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0917-4
Despite her yellow feathers, the personable Pauline is a hen of a different color--a sensitive fowl unable to ``concentrate in all the confusion'' of the henhouse. Her eggs, when they do appear, are of assorted vivid designs and colors, influenced...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author Holiday House $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1170-2
PW praised Auch's ``savvy'' prose style in this tale of a ballerina chicken. Ages 4-8. (Jan.)
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Mary Jane Auch, Author Yearling Books $5.5 (208p) ISBN 978-0-440-41491-9
Migrating from Connecticut to upstate New York in 1815, 11-year-old Mem's family meets one near-fatal disaster after another. ""The concept of hapless pioneers is deliciously intriguing,"" said PW. Ages 10-up. (Oct.)...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author Holiday House $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1270-9
As a dance-mad chicken stages a ballet in the barnyard, Auch's oil pastels ""conjure up one giggly tableau after another,"" said PW. Ages 5-8. (July)
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Mary Jane Auch, Author Skylark Books $2.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-15916-5
In this humorous, affectionate novel, seventh-grader Jenna tries to discourage her mother's romance with the local TV weatherman, but eventually rethinks the situation. Ages 8-12. (July)
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Mary Jane Auch, Author Holiday House $13.95 (152p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0842-9
It's summertime, and Katy and her mother are vacationing once again with other family members at Whitmarsh Point, Conn. After Katy reunites with her favorite cousin, Julie, the excited girls stumble upon some old letters addressed to Grandma...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Herm Auch, Illustrator Holiday House $16.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1576-2
In I Was a Third Grade Science Project, Josh was hypnotized into thinking he was a cat. Now, in I Was a Third Grade Spy by Mary Jane Auch, illus. by Herm Auch, Brian's dog, Artful, can talk and the canine's ability to report back on the doings of
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Herm Auch, Illustrator Yearling Books $5.5 (112p) ISBN 978-0-440-41606-7
Three boys create mayhem while scrambling for their science fair project. ""Auch fuels her novel with funny, flippant dialogue and clever one-liners,"" said PW. Ages 7-10. (Oct.)
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Herm Auch, Illustrator . Holiday $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1829-9
According to PW
, "The familiar feathered friends who premiered in Bantam of the Opera
fly to new heights in this escape-from-the-chicken-factory tale with a winning moral." Ages 4-8. (Mar.)
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Herm Auch, Illustrator and Herm AuchHoliday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1756-8
The creators of Souperchicken
lay an egg in their latest "poultry parody," a surprisingly brittle affair. Two crowing roosters annoy Sophie the pig and Clarissa the cow with their noise. When preparations for the Halloween Poultry Parade...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Herm Auch, Illustrator , illus. by Herm Auch. Dell/Yearling $4.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-440-41871-9
After Josh was hypnotized into thinking he was a cat in I Was a Third Grade Science Fair Project, in this sequel his dog, Artful, can talk. The canine's ability to report back on the doings of their nemesis, Emily, has its uses. Ages 7-10. (Jan.)
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Cat Bowman Smith, Illustrator Little Brown and Company $14.95 (120p) ISBN 978-0-316-05916-9
If Sam doesn't come up with a plan quickly, he will have to give away his dog, Amber. Mom has gone back to work and lonely Amber barks all day long, disturbing the neighbors. Sam tries one scheme after another to help Amber, each time landing in...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Mary Jane Auch, Illustrator Holiday House $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1524-3
Auch's (Bantam of the Opera) latest fowl farce unfortunately lays an egg. A cover illustration of a duck in front of a Christmas tree, donning a tiara and dancing dress and holding a nutcracker, suggests a laughter-filled lampoon of Tchaikovsky's...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Mary Jane Auch, Illustrator, Herm Auch, Illustrator . Holiday $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1798-8
"In this sassy send-up likely to deliver a royal case of the giggles," wrote PW
, a princess competes against her peers for the hand of a prince and wins by whipping up a mess of tomatoes, cheese and garlic on some bread dough. Ages 4-8. (Se
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Mary Jane Auch, Illustrator, Herm Auch, Illustrator , illus. by Mary Jane and Herm Auch. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1704-9
The yolk's on readers, thanks to Auch's familiar feathered friends (who premiered in Bantam of the Opera, the first of what the publisher calls the "poultry parodies"), who fly to new heights in this escape-from-the-chicken-factory...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Mary Auch Jane, Author, Herm Auch, Illustrator , illus. by Mary Jane and Herm Auch. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1683-7
The latest of Mary Jane Auch's (Bantam of the Opera) fairy-tale parodies finds Paulina the Princess competing against her peers for the hand of Prince Drupert, the sorry-looking son of overbearing Queen Zelda. Paulina knows the old pea-in-the-mat
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Mj Auch, Author Henry Holt & Company $16.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-8050-4922-0
Mem's family is hit by the Murphy's Law of pioneering--if anything can go wrong, it will. In migrating from Connecticut to upstate New York in 1815, 11-year-old Mem is called upon to save her mother by hitting an attacker over the head with a tree...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Mj Auch, Author Henry Holt & Company $16.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8050-4921-3
The ill-starred pioneer family of Mary Jane Auch's Journey to Nowhere and Frozen Summer returns in The Road to Home. This installment, set in 1817, finds 13-year-old Remembrance Nye leading her younger siblings back from upstate New York to their...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Mj Auch, Author Henry Holt & Company $16.95 (180p) ISBN 978-0-8050-4923-7
Even better than its predecessor, Journey to Nowhere, this sequel gets its title and some of its exceptional historical color from the dire weather conditions that afflicted New England and New York in the summer of 1816. As 12-year-old Mem, the...
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Mary Jane Auch, Author, Mj Auch, Author . Holt $16.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6686-9
Auch (Journey to Nowhere) combines a classic immigration tale with the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in this spirited novel. The narrator, 16-year-old Rose Nolan, arrives at Ellis Island with her family, but right away they are beset by...
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