Robin Cruise, illus. by Valierie Docampo. Compendium (live-inspired.com), $18.95 (36p) ISBN 978-1-938-29889-9
Cruise’s (Bartleby Speaks!) modern-day tooth fairy myth is all sweetness and light. Lunette, the original tooth fairy, discovers her calling when she comforts a child frightened by the prospect of losing his tooth. Curlicue lettering, a golden-hued...
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Robin Cruise, Author, Margaret Chodos-Irvine, Illustrator , illus. by Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Harcourt $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-216604-5
Cruise's (Little Mamà Forgets
) parental cooing provides soothing accompaniment to another sumptuous series of domestic portraits from Caldecott Honor artist Chodos-Irvine (Ella Sarah Gets Dressed
). The book visits three parent-child...
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Robin Cruise, Author, Kevin Hawkes, Author , illus. by Kevin Hawkes. FSG/Kroupa $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-30514-7
Bartleby Huddle, a winsome three-year-old with jug-handle ears, is the joy of his opera-singing mother, his cello-playing father, his tap-dancing sister and their enthusiastic poodle. But he won't talk, no matter how much they clamor to show...
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Robin Cruise, Author, Allyn M. Johnston, Editor Harcourt Children's Books $13 (160p) ISBN 978-0-15-201383-7
Cruise's first novel, written in journal form, gives a painfully realistic account of life after divorce. Ten-year-old Fiona does not understand why her parents started fighting or how they drifted apart. She only knows that their divorce (which she
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Robin Cruise, Author, Stacey Dressen-McQueen, Illustrator , illus. by Stacey Dressen-McQueen. FSG/Kroupa $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-34613-3
Lucy's grandmother may be forgetful at times, but that doesn't mean she can't remember the things that matter most. Such is the recurring "thread" woven through this story of a tightly knit Mexican-American family. Cruise (Fiona&#
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