Maryann Kovalski, Author . Fitzhenry & Whiteside $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55041-559-9
Omar the bear, Kovalski's teddyish series hero, cannot decide upon the ideal Halloween costume. Like the title character of last season's T. Rex Trick or Treats
by Lois G. Grambling, illus. by Jack E. Davis, Omar aspires to being "the...
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Maryann Kovalski, Author Little Brown and Company $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-316-50258-0
Grandma takes Jenny and Joanna on a plane ride to New York City where they pile into a horse and carriage and set off through a snowy Central Park. There they sing a rousing chorus of ``Jingle Bells'' (the music is included, on the same page). Faced
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Maryann Kovalski, Author Joy Street Books $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-50256-6
Kovalski's frolicsome adaptation of the traditional song is an ebullient account of a grandmother taking her granddaughters into town to buy new winter coats. The girls emerge from the store in coats at least two sizes too large for them, and one...
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Maryann Kovalski, Author Megan Tingley Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-50259-7
PW found this adaptation of the traditional song ``a top choice for the preschool set.'' Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Maryann Kovalski, Author Morrow Junior Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-10409-2
Well matched in appearance and temperament, Frank and Zelda are a team in business as well. They work hard, sell a lot of pizza and complain mightily about aching feet and an overheated kitchen--until the factory across the street goes belly-up and...
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Maryann Kovalski, Author Joy Street Books $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-316-50261-0
Jenny and Joanna's holiday trip to New York City with Grandma is the framework for this lively contemporary version of the song favorite -- by the creator of The Wheels on the Bus. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Maryann Kovalski, Author Scholastic $14.95 (30p) ISBN 978-0-590-45638-8
Kovalski ( The Wheels on the Bus ; Jingle Bells ) prefaces her lively version of Norwell's familiar refrain with a new verse that tells the story of two sisters who--like the Katie Casey of the original--are ``baseball mad.'' The story of Jenny and...
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Maryann Kovalski, Author Fitzhenry & Whiteside $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55041-897-2
The title and characters may be the same, but Take Me Out to the Ball Game by Maryann Kovalski is a brand-new version of her story first published in 1992. Grandma insists that Jenny and Joanna come on a surprise trip-even though it's a school day-""
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Maryann Kovalski, Author, Maryann Kovalski, Illustrator Kids Can Press $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-919964-77-8
Kovalski's (The Wheels on the Bus) slow-moving yet agreeably romantic tale introduces ""two happy dogs"" who live in a comfortably furnished cardboard box behind a bistro. One afternoon, Edward forgets to take his dinner for his shift as a night...
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