Patricia Lauber, Author Scholastic Paperbacks $4.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-590-41159-2
Newbery Honor winner Lauber tells the compelling life story of the pioneer aviatrix. PW praised this ``lucid and often suspenseful biography'' for its ``effortless and memorable portrayal of a genuine American heroine.'' Ages 9-12. (Jan.)
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Patricia Lauber, Author Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $9.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-689-71679-9
Dramatic photographs and forthright text paint a compelling picture of the devastation and gradual rebuilding following this 1980 cataclysm. Ages 7-10. (Mar.)
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Patricia Lauber, Author Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $17.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-02-754500-5
Mount St. Helens's powerful explosions in 1980 shook the country for hundreds of miles; its destructive mudflow leveled whole forests, and left behind desolate landscapes. Almost from the moment the volcano quieted down, there has been a slow but...
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Patricia Lauber, Author Orchard Books (NY) $21.95 (80p) ISBN 978-0-531-05902-9
A change of perspective can facilitate startling changes in our thinking, even about everyday matters. When the new vantage point is outer space, and the object regarded is our own planet, the possibilities are breathtaking indeed. Lauber has...
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Patricia Lauber, Author, John Manders, Illustrator , illus. by John Manders. S&S/Aladdin $6.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-689-85100-1
Lauber chronicles the development of eating implements and dining habits in this "amusing, enlightening and child-pleasingly yucky book [that] gives kids a rich sense of history, as well as a new perspective on their p's and q's,"
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Patricia Lauber, Author, John Manders, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-80479-3
Lauber (Painters of the Caves) chronicles the development of eating implements and dining habits in this entertaining book. In one of the running jokes, people across time make fun of others with different eating habits: late Stone Age people with...
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Patricia Lauber, Author, Holly Keller, Illustrator, Holly Keller, Photographer T.Y. Crowell Junior Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-690-04628-1
Snakes are the focus of this Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Book, a short, informative and well-paced introduction to the natural history and habits of these reptiles. The basic facts about snakes are clearly presented: they have no legs, they have
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Patricia Lauber, Author, Jerome Wexler, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-56348-9
An award-winning photo-essay that shows the many ways plants spread their seeds. Ages 711. (February)
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Patricia Lauber, Author, Douglas Henderson, Illustrator Bradbury Press $17 (0p) ISBN 978-0-689-80531-8
Lauber returns to territory she's visited successfully in previous picture books (Dinosaurs Walked Here; Living with Dinosaurs), weaving snippets of narrative prose with well-researched information about dinosaurs. Enhanced by Henderson's...
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Patricia Lauber, Author, Douglas Henderson, Illustrator, Doug Henderson, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-02-754521-0
This fitting companion to these collaborators' The News About Dinosaurs vividly recreates life 75 million years ago on a site near the present state of Montana. With almost novelistic narrative skill and a You Are Ther e immediacy, Lauber explores...
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Patricia Lauber, Author, Douglas Henderson, Illustrator, John Gurche, Illustrator Bradbury Press $17 (0p) ISBN 978-0-02-754520-3
The news is good, when handled by an award-winning writer whose previous works set new standards for nonfiction books for children. Addressing her work to readers already well-versed in the literature of dinosaurs, Lauber has compiled an involving...
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Patricia Laueber, Author, Patricia Lauber, Author Scholastic $10.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-41615-3
In this lucid and often suspenseful biography, Newbery Honor winner Lauber tries to show the factors that contributed to Earhart's destiny. The biography begins with a snapshot of Amelia as a boisterous girl, then travels back to describe and...
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