Rufus Kline, Author, Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Children's Books $12.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-670-82376-5
Erin ``Starin'' McCarron, Ryan ``Cryin'' O'Brien, and ``Tattlin'' Madeline Brown are just a few of the hilarious characters who parade through the world of this picture book's hero. Each of the kids has his or her own set of peculiarities, spelled...
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Children's Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-84206-3
Devotees of Carlson's upbeat, ``feel-good'' books ( I Like Me! ) may be somewhat disappointed by her latest effort, an even littler version of Life's Little Instruction Book . In place of a story, Carlson delivers a set of precepts--which at best...
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Children's Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03695-0
The mouse from Kindergarten, Here I Come doesn't want a turn in Henry's Show and Tell by Nancy Carlson. He is terrified to speak in class: ""Whenever Henry tried to share, he felt all shaky."" With his teacher's encouragement, the hero overcomes his
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Books $14.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-03670-7
A mounted mirror shines through the cover of the slipcase for a pair of miniature editions in I Like Me!: Two Mini Books and Mirror by Nancy Carlson. Upon the publication of I Like Me! in 1988, PW wrote, ""The formation of a healthy self-image,...
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Children's Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03506-9
Fans of Nancy Carlson will embrace How About a Hug? In her latest effort, Carlson reveals all the reasons, big and small, for giving and receiving the loving squeezes. ""It's for cold Monday mornings when you have to get up for school. It goes ...
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Children's Books $14 (320p) ISBN 978-0-670-81775-7
From the author of I Like Me! and Take Time to Relax comes another work exploring children's psychological issues. Anxiety and how to deal with it is proficiently handled, as Tim learns to cope with his tendency toward excessive worrying. When a few
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Children's Books $11.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-670-81774-0
The older brother in this canine family finds plenty of reasons to pity his poor baby brother Carl. Carl can't get out of bed in the morning by himself or dress himself or feed himself (and he eats strained prunes instead of pancakes). ``But...
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Children's Books $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-81549-4
Last seen shoplifting (and thoroughly repentant) in Arnie and the Stolen Markers, Arnie heads to summer camp. It's all hereinitial homesickness, admiration for the ``neat'' camp counselor, Stretch, hearing scary stories around the campfire and...
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Children's Books $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-81548-7
Arnie has already spent his money at Harvey's Candy and Toy Shop when he spies a fabulous colored-marker set. He can't resist it; while other customers stand at the cash register, he slips out the door with his prize. The fact that he has stolen the
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Nancy Carlson, Author Puffin Books $3.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-050516-0
George's friend Harriet starts training for a race as soon as she hears about it. While George keeps intending to start, other activities (like eating pancakes) get in his way. On the day of the race, Harriet takes first place while an exhausted...
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Children's Books $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-81109-0
Readers were first introduced to Carlson's bunnies in Bunnies and Their Hobbies. Now, these same rabbits are back, but this time it's their athletic abilities that are on show. Each morning, when the bunnies get up after a good night's rest, they...
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Nancy Carlson, Author Puffin Books $4.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-14-054242-4
Tina and her parents relish an enforced respite from their hectic schedule; PW said, ``Carlson delivers an important message to today's over-programmed families. Her brightly colored illustrations are as energetic as the beavers themselves.'' Ages 3-
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Children's Books $13.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-670-83288-0
Ever since Grandma moved to a condo in Florida, Tina has missed her--and her pumpkin pies, turkey and stuffing. When Tina and her parents arrive for a Thanksgiving visit, it's a liberated Grandma who greets them--in a snazzy red roadster. Having...
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Nancy Carlson, Author Puffin Books $4.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-050773-7
In Carlson's comical canine family, Carl's older brother first pitys his sibling, then thinks baby brother is rather well off; PW praised the illustrations' ``two-dimensional quality not unlike children's drawings.'' Ages 3-8. (Mar.)
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Nancy Carlson, Author Puffin Books $4.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-050707-2
Crime doesn't pay for Arnie in Carlson's cheerfully childlike lesson. Ages 3-8. (May)
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Books $15.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-03673-8
Nancy Carlson's tale of first-day-of-school excitement now appears in bilingual format-Look Out, Kindergarten, Here I Come!/A Preparante, kindergarten! Alla voy!, trans. by Teresa Mlawer. The book features the original English text above each ...
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Nancy Carlson, Author Carolrhoda Books $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57505-598-5
In It's Not My Fault!, Nancy Carlson takes a chestnut of a premise-(succinctly summed up in the title) to offer a comic parable on personal accountability. George the rabbit (from Harriet and George's Christmas Treat) is called to the principal's
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Children's Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03580-9
Written on September 12, 2001, There's a Big Beautiful World Out There! by Nancy Carlson emphasizes overcoming fear. Though she acknowledges children's anxieties in everyday terms (""There's a lot to be scared of, that's for sure!/ There's that...
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Nancy Carlson, Author Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-050945-8
With her distinctive animal cast, Carlson tells how Arnie gets a taste of his own medicine after making fun of a new student. Ages 3-8. (May)
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Nancy Carlson, Author Viking Children's Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-82062-7
The ebullient pig-heroine is a happy adherent to the adage ``Love Thyself.'' ``I like me!'' she exclaims from the cover and goes on to say, ``I like my curly tail, my round tummy and my tiny little feet.'' The fresh-faced piggy elaborates: she...
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Nancy Carlson, Author . Viking $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03650-9
With candor and heartfelt pictures, Carlson (the Harriet series) looks at the world through the eyes of an Asian girl who was adopted as an infant by Caucasian parents. "Families are formed in different ways, so they don't always look alike,&
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Nancy Carlson, Author, Nancy Carlson, Illustrator . Lerner/Carolrhoda $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57505-506-0
Christmas nibblers everywhere are sure to relate to Carlson's (Louanne Pig in the Mysterious Valentine) tale of the dreaded Yuletide fruitcake. When Harriet and George run into Ms. Hoozit on her way home to cook, they assume that she is whipping
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Nancy Carlson, Author, Nancy Carlson, Illustrator Lerner Publishing Group $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-87614-913-3
Harriet the pup decides to share with her brother after all in the 20th-anniversary edition of Harriet's Halloween Candy by Nancy Carlson, now in a larger format.
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Nancy Carlson, Author, Nancy Carlson, Illustrator . Lerner/Carolrhoda $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-87614-869-3
A grinning green frog stars in Carlson's (the Harriet and George series) encouraging lesson about the power of positive thinking: "Life has all sorts of ups and downs./ That's why you should always smile a lot!" In Carlson's...
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Susan Pearson, Author, Nancy Carlson, Author, Nancy Carlson, Illustrator Viking Children's Books $14 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-83474-7
Perserverance really pays off for the heroine of this madcap picture book. Lenore isn't concerned that her office co-workers think she's a nerd, for it's her secret dream--to make it big with her performing birds--that keeps Lenore going. She...
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