Sharon Robinson, Author, Mary Stolz, Author, Pat Cummings, Author HarperCollins $24 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-017191-9
As the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking of the baseball color line nears, he seems more of a heroic figure than ever, and this loving biography will add to his stature. His daughter shows that he was as admirable off the field as on,...
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Pat Cummings, Author Bradbury Press $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-725511-9
Harvey's Saturday cartoon viewing is disrupted by ``the voice of DOOM'' (his mother): ``Today, young man, . . . Is the day you clean your room!'' Spurred on by the hope of getting back to the TV, Harvey reluctantly begins the difficult task of...
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Pat Cummings, Author Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $22.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-02-724245-4
In this wide-ranging survey, 14 talented illustrators talk about their childhoods, their work and their daily routines. The broad cross-section includes Caldecott medalists (Chris Van Allsburg, David Wiesner), women (Amy Schwartz, Victoria Chess,...
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Pat Cummings, Author Bradbury Press $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-02-725512-6
``Off went the sneakers. On went the bows. Off went the jeans. On came the frills.'' Alex's mother and aunts have made a birthday dinner, but the African American girl is not pleased: her father, en route home from a trip, still hasn't arrived. Alex'
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Pat Cummings, Author Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books $12.95 (36p) ISBN 978-0-688-04682-8
Chuku has a new job as a junior artist with Creative Lights, Opticals, and Unusual Designs in the Sky, or C. L. O. U. D. S. His first assignment, considered safe but dull for a beginner, is to create skies over New York City where it's raining and...
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Pat Cummings, Author HarperCollins Publishers $4.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-443357-0
Only Angel's brother Artie can see Jimmy Lee, who gets blamed for all the mischief in the house, but Angel is determined to trap the troublemaker. Ages 4-8. (Jan.)
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Pat Cummings. HarperCollins, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-269884-1
After a devastating car accident kills Trace’s parents but miraculously spares him from injury, the African-American 13-year-old moves from Baltimore to Brooklyn to live with his idiosyncratic, lively Auntie Lea. Reliving the accident nightly in his
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Pat Cummings, Author, Pat Cummings, Retold by . Holt $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6476-6
The avaricious arachnid returns in this trickster-gets-tricked tale from Ghana. Ananse the Spider and scheming Lizard both aim to marry the chief's daughter and thus acquire half his kingdom. Potential husbands, however, must correctly guess the
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Pat Cummings, Author, Pat Cummings, Illustrator HarperCollins $16.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-688-14821-8
Despite the proclamations of their mother, Amanda Lynne's baby brother is hardly an ""angel."" Cummings (Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!) makes this irony perfectly clear in her large-scale, brightly hued art, rendered in gouache, watercolor and...
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