Barbara Cohen, Author, Miriam Cohen, Author, Jan Naimo Jones, Illustrator Doubleday Books for Young Readers $14.95 (38p) ISBN 978-0-385-31079-6
A worthy companion to Cohen's Molly's Pilgrim , this equally affecting tale follows Molly, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, as she discovers another tradition observed in her adopted American homeland. Here, Molly attends her first...
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Miriam Cohen. Star Bright, $6.99 (16p) ISBN 978-1-59572-689-6
The hero of Cohen’s Backpack Baby series has grown up a bit, and he’s ready, willing, and able to help Daddy take care of his younger sister. Wearing a T-shirt that trumpets his “Big Brother” status, Jacob pushes Little Sister in her stroller, makes
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Miriam Cohen, Author, Lillian Hoban, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-07141-7
The most recent book in Cohen's tales of a first-grade class finds the children preparing for Thanksgiving vacation. All the excitement of the holiday amplifies the usual bids for attention in the classroom. But before the day is over, the children...
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Miriam Cohen, Author, Lillian Hoban, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-07138-7
America's favorite first graders are back. Cohen and Hoban have collaborated on more than 15 tales of these loveable, likeable and consistently realistic kids, who here enjoy a year-end picnic at the beach. As in each of the adventures, each child...
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Miriam Cohen, Author, Lillian Hoban, Illustrator, Lillian Hoban, Photographer Greenwillow Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-06812-7
That well-loved class of first-graders is delightful in another adventure, this one starring George. He's one of the slowest members of the class when it comes to spelling, handwriting and special projects. But George is a careful and attentive...
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Miriam Cohen, Author, DK Publishing, Author, Melanie Hope Greenberg, Illustrator DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7894-2510-2
A routine summer ride on the subway is transformed into a brief, toe-tapping Caribbean holiday in Cohen's (Will I Have a Friend?) animated tale. But Greenberg's (Aunt Lilly's Laundromat) gouache art, with its electric hues and primitive style,...
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Miriam Cohen, Author, Thomas F. Yezerski, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $16 (80p) ISBN 978-0-374-34989-9
Mimmy and Sophie: All Around the Town by Miriam Cohen, illus. by Thomas F. Yezerski, brings back the playful sisters and their everyday doings in their Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood during the Depression. Yezerski's b&w drawings depict the...
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Miriam Cohen, Author, Thomas F. Yezerski, Illustrator, Thomas F. Yezerski, Photographer Farrar Straus Giroux $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-34988-2
Mimmy and Sophie, young sisters in Depression-era Brooklyn, are the subjects of four semi-autobiographical stories. Cohen (Will I Have a Friend?) injects a hearty dose of charm into the low-key, slice-of-life-style plot lines through her sympathetic
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