Pija Lindenbaum, Author, Gabrielle Charbonnet, With Henry Holt & Company $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8050-2444-9
Doting pet owners relentlessly accentuate the positive about their charges, as this winsomely silly portrait reminds us. Paunchy, beady-eyed, loafing Boodil (a bull terrier) hardly seems an intrepid or sophisticated creature, yet each spread here...
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Pija Lindenbaum, Author, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Author Henry Holt & Company $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8050-1752-6
Lindenbaum salutes the unconventional in this wacky debut--a Swedish import--about a girl with a happy though decidedly odd home life. In addition to her normal-size mother Else-Marie has seven tiny, identical daddies who, apart from their size,...
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Pija Lindenbaum, Author, Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard, Translator , trans. by Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard. R&S $16 (40p) ISBN 978-91-29-66734-9
It's clear (to adults, anyway) that the “darling uncle” of this Swedish title is a gay man, but Lindenbaum (When Owen's Mom Breathed Fire
) focuses not on his identity but on his niece Ella's resentment of his new partner.
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Pija Lindenbaum, Author, Pija Lindenbaum, Illustrator, Kjersti Board, Translator , trans. by Kjersti Board. R&S $15 (36p) ISBN 978-91-29-65395-3
Bridget, who doesn't like rough play and won't go near dogs or worms, finds herself separated from her day care group on an autumn walk. In a fairy tale–like turn of events, she becomes surrounded by a pack of yellow-eyed wolves yet...
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Pija Lindenbaum, Author, Pija Lindenbaum, Illustrator, Kjersti Board, Translator R & S Books $16 (28p) ISBN 978-91-29-65650-3
Fresh from her adventure with a pack of wolves (Bridget and the Gray Wolves), Bridget wanders away from the hotel pool while on vacation, and meets five offbeat sheep (they feed on ""lemon soda, cookies and old Band-Aids"") whom she teaches to...
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Pija Lindenbaum, Author, Pija Lindenbaum, Illustrator, Kjersti Board, Translator R & S Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-91-29-66046-3
In Bridget and the Moose Brothers by Pija Lindenbaum, trans. by Kjersti Board, life as an only child is too quiet for the heroine of Bridget and the Muttonheads. She thinks her problems are solved when she meets three moose brothers to keep her ...
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