Michael Emberley, Author Little, Brown Young Readers $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-23664-5
More than a decade after her first adventure, another plucky mouse stars in Ruby and the Sniffs by Michael Emberley with an urban twist on a familiar tale. When Ruby hears noises from the apartment upstairs, she investigates, suspecting cat...
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Michael Emberley, Author Little Brown and Company $14.95 (25p) ISBN 978-0-316-23643-0
In this takeoff on ``Little Red Riding Hood,'' Ruby the mouse reluctantly agrees to carry a bag of triple-cheese pies across town to her granny. She dons her red hooded coat and takes to the densely populated and litter-clogged city streets. Ruby...
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Michael Emberley, Author Little Brown and Company $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-23411-5
In this droll though somewhat wordy tale, Emberley ( Ruby ) introduces readers to the difficulties of gift-giving. Looking like Happy of Snow White fame, an endearing Uncle Arne finds the perfect gift for Tove, his young nephew--so perfect, in fact,
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Michael Emberley, Author Little Brown and Company $5.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-316-23660-7
This delectable, citified twist on Little Red Riding Hood stars a ``grimy-looking reptile'' and an outspoken mouse who suggests to her accoster, ``Buzz off, barf breath.'' Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Michael Emberley, Author Little Brown and Company $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-316-23647-8
Both an enlightening glimpse of another culture and a lyrical, heartwarming story, this volume also stunningly showcases Emberley's ( The Present ; Ruby ) elegant, emotion-charged art. The tale takes place in Norway during murketiden , the ``murky...
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Michael Emberley and Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick. Holiday House/Porter, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-4496-0
On a chilly afternoon, a white family makes their way into a crowded coffee shop under the train tracks. Their toddler, wowed by a train whooshing by overhead, announces, “I can make a train noise,” then repeats, “I can make a train noise. I can...
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