Books by Remy Charlip and Complete Book Reviews
Remy Charlip, Author . HarperCollins/ Greenwillow $15.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-06-029591-2
The initial, predictable rhymes of this uneven picture book promise a raindrops-on-roses panoply of favorite baby things: "Baby books and baby toys/ for baby girls and baby boys." While Charlip's (Sleepytime Rhyme) quiet text refers only
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Remy Charlip, Author, Mary B. Miller, Author, George Ancona, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $4.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-689-71531-0
The creators of Handtalk and Handtalk Zoo combine their talents in this jolly photo essay about a deaf woman roused from sleep by friends; a lively surprise birthday celebration ensues. Ages 5-8. (Sept.)
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Remy Charlip, Author, Jon J. Muth, Illustrator Tricycle Press $14.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-58246-018-5
There's more to this clever book than initially meets the eye. A busy girl struggles from sun-up to sundown to squirrel away time to read, but something always seems to get in the way--a shower (""Careful! Don't get the book wet!""), a breakfast of...
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Remy Charlip, Author, Burton Supree, Author, Remy Charlip, Illustrator Tricycle Press $16.95 (46p) ISBN 978-1-58246-043-7
Originally published in 1966, Mother Mother I Feel Sick Send for the Doctor Quick Quick Quick by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree, has been re-illustrated by Charlip, with silhouette paper cut-outs against a background of Victorian wallpaper. This...
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Remy Charlip, Author, Remy Charlip, Illustrator . Greenwillow $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-051972-8
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qually simple pictures and verse shape an endearing, comforting ode to a day happily spent. A parent and child start their morning on a breezy note: “At breakfast we could talk about.../ how we might go for a walkabout.” As the two lie
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Remy Charlip, Author, Remy Charlip, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-16271-9
Charlip (Fortunately) brings his expertise to this simple yet endearing bedtime book. Sitting on a bed before a pair of gracefully billowing curtains, a mother cuddles her baby and tenderly makes an inventory: ""I love your hands/ your teeth, your...
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Remy Charlip, Author, Lilian Moore, Author, Vera B. Williams, Illustrator Tricycle Press $14.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-883672-43-0
Back in print with new cover art and a fresh design, the 1975 Hooray For Me! by Remy Charlip and Lilian Moore will transport readers back to the ""me"" decade. Vera B. Williams's watercolors depict dancing people of all colors-yellow, brown, even...
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