Odds Bodkin, Author, Cdds Bodkin, Author, Ted Rose, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-395-79722-8
THE BANSHEE TRAIN Odds Bodkin, illus. by Ted Rose. Clarion, $5.95 ISBN 0-395-79722-5. PW said that ""eeriness and danger permeate this spectral tale"" of a train carrying ghostly passengers in 1929 Colorado. Ages 5-8. (Sept.)
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Odds Bodkin, Author, Bernie Fuchs, Illustrator Little Brown and Company $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-02608-6
A sailor's son serves as a bridge between the supernatural and natural worlds in this suspenseful picture book. Master storyteller Bodkin (The Banshee Train) recreates a salt-air ambiance of centuries past as he writes of fearless Captain LeNoir....
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Odds Bodkin, Author, Terry Widener, Illustrator , illus. by Terry Widener. Harcourt/Gulliver $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-201459-9
Even arachnids get in the holiday spirit in Bodkin's (The Crane Wife) warm tale of a kindness repaid. All seems hopeless after a humble cobbler loses his workshop and home to fire just before the holiday and must sell his cherished heirloom...
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Odds Bodkin, Author, Ted Rose, Illustrator Clarion Books $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-69426-8
Eeriness and danger permeate the watercolors illustrating this spectral tale by professional storyteller Bodkin. Sparse, unfussy language quickly creates an air of scary credibility, but it is Rose who brings the nuances--silent, snowy landscapes;...
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Odds Bodkin, Author, Sumiko Yagawa, Joint Author, Gennady Spirin, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-201407-0
Bodkin (The Banshee Train) and Spirin (The Sea King's Daughter) turn to medieval Japan for this vivid retelling of a Japanese folktale. Osamu, a lonely sail maker, nurses an injured crane back to health. Not long afterward, a beautiful and...
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