Nicki Weiss, Author Greenwillow Books $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-08275-8
Readers will marvel at the vast images conjured by so few words in these two picture books. Weiss ( Where Does the Brown Bear Go? ) limits herself to just 57 words for the pictures in each work. In the first, a boy and his dog take their skates to...
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Nicki Weiss, Author Greenwillow Books $12.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-688-06504-1
Weiss's new picture book celebrates love in this softspoken and endearing telling. Rachel and her baby sister Annie are instant best friends, and the bond persists through the years. Grownup Annie, her sister's bridesmaid, later assumes the role of...
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Nicki Weiss, Author Greenwillow Books $12.95 (23p) ISBN 978-0-688-05894-4
After Weekend at Muskrat Lake, Weiss's endearing Pearl and Rosemary are back home, where little sister Pearl begins to rebel against bossy Rosemary. Pearl is always ordered to play the wicked fairy while Rosemary flaunts herself as the noble...
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Nicki Weiss, Author Puffin Books $3.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-050760-7
Once inseparable, Maude and Sally discover that new acquaintances and changes actually improve their friendship. Ages 3-8. (March)
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Nicki Weiss, Author Puffin Books $3.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-050761-4
Sally and Maude learn that they can compete on opposing teams and still be best friends. Ages 3-8. (July)
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Nicki Weiss, Author Greenwillow Books $14 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-11015-4
``Tell me a story, Grandma . . . one you never told before,'' requests Arnie, and grandmother obliges with an original tale about a valiant peddler. The always-silent Isaac sells his wares ``from one isolated village to another'' and, presumably to...
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Nicki Weiss, Author, Nicki Weiss, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-17213-8
Weiss (Where Does the Brown Bear Go?) goes global with a multiethnic cast who demonstrates that, despite differences in language, dress and culture, it really is a small world after all. The author uses a rhythmic question-and-answer format for a...
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Nicki Weiss, Author, Nicki Weiss, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-07862-1
This is a deceptively simple, wonderfully appealing bedtime book--reminiscent of Eve Rice's Goodnight Goodnight --which will connect with even the most restless toddler. In a series of simple questions (``When the lights go down / On the city street
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Nicki Weiss, Author, Monica J. Weiss, Author Greenwillow Books $17 (40p) ISBN 978-0-688-06444-0
""Do Your Ears Hang Low?'' ``Kookaburra,'' ``Where Has My Little Dog Gone?'' ``Hush, Little Baby,'' ``This Old Man'' and ``A-Tisket, A-Tasket'' are some of the 18 songs set to picture by the creator of Princess Pearl and A Family Story. The...
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Nicki Weiss, Author, E. Law, Editor Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-054181-6
Soothingly repetitive text and comforting illustrations combine in what PW called ``a wonderfully appealing bedtime book.'' Ages 2-6. (Sept.)
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