Satoshi Kitamura, Author . FSG/Sunburst $6.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-44796-0
A dark-haired boy swaps identities with his yellow cat. PW
said that Kitamura "spotlights an offbeat sense of humor and a flair for comic-book layout." Ages 4-8. (Mar.)
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author Books for Young Readers $4.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-44480-8
A girl goes strolling with her imaginative dog, who sees monsters lurking everywhere. ""Inventive details on each page make this a walk well worth taking,"" said PW. Ages 2-5. (Sept.)
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author Sunburst $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-48041-7
An unseen alien narrates his first visit to Earth and his friendship with a native boy; PW said, ``The watercolors sparkle with intense clarity and convey both the splendor of the cosmos and that of our own planet.'' Ages 3-8. (June)
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author Puffin Books $3.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-525-44699-6
On a stroll with her hyper-imaginative dog, Lily remains blissfully--and comically--unaware of the ``monsters'' that Nicky sees on all sides; according to PW , ``inventive details on each page make this a walk well worth taking.'' Ages 4-6. (Feb.)
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $14 (28p) ISBN 978-0-374-38026-7
In the vast blue heavens the Earth twirls silently, alone except for one tiny spacecraft. From impenetrable darkness the bell - shaped spaceship plummets toward the blazing white arc of the Earth's atmosphere. In cleverly designed panoramic strips,...
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author Dutton Books $10.95 (25p) ISBN 978-0-525-44414-5
One stormy night a boy named Toby embarks on a terrific journey. One minute he is lying in bed, as the howling of the winds and rattling of the windows begin a horrible crescendo; before Toby knows what has happened, his house has rolled and pitched
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author Dutton Books $9.95 (26p) ISBN 978-0-525-44333-9
In Hiawyn Oram's Angry Arthur, Kitamura illustrated the violent, intense rages a child sometimes feels. Here, he addresses the subject of childhood fears. When Lily and her dog Nicky go out walking, Lily loves to look at the world around her. For...
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $14 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-38311-4
In one of the more subtle counting books around, Woolly, a sheep, can't sleep and so he goes for a walk. He chases a butterfly, sees two ladybugs, and ""some owls'' (three in the picture) call to him. Readers have to count the four bats, five apples,
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author Sunburst $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-48324-1
An offbeat alphabet book with whimsical pictures. Ages 3-up. (June)
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author . FSG $16 (24p) ISBN 978-0-374-35687-3
Pablo, an elephant in a pale yellow suit and brown fedora, bears little stylistic resemblance to his Spanish namesake. He belongs to the pedestrian Hoof Lane Art Club, a suburban salon whose most daring member is a zebra with a passion for parallel...
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author, Ignacio Solares, Author Fondo de Cultura Economica USA $14.99 (0p) ISBN 978-968-16-6234-9
PreS-Gr 2-This timeless tale of switched identities was first published in London (Anderson Press, 1999). The opening page shows a witch coming in through a little boy's bedroom window. She shakes her broom over him and hisses a few words. The...
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author, Satoshi Kitamura, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-32707-1
Kitamura (Sheep in Wolves' Clothing) serves up an attenuated tale only partially redeemed by his dynamic illustrations. The narrator, a goldfish, searches every inch of his apparently vast watery home for a playmate named Heidi, consulting fellow...
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author, Satoshi Kitamura, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-32470-4
The latest offering from the gifted creator of When Sheep Cannot Sleep and UFO Diary is, more than a child-oriented alphabet book, a specialized catalogue filled with unconventional items such as aubergine, anemone, eider and ocarina. The eclectic...
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author, Satoshi Kitamura, Illustrator . Andersen Press USA $16.95 (26p) ISBN 978-0-7613-5153-5
Whimsy drives both the text and airy watercolor art of Kitamura’s (The Young Inferno
) story of a girl with a creative and colorful imagination. Millie finds a fabulous feathered chapeau in an elegant shop, but has no money. When the...
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author, Satoshi Kitamura, Illustrator . Candlewick $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7636-3474-2
Kitamura's (Me and My Cat?
) invites readers to explore the Stone Age with this accomplished story of a boy who falls through a hole in his dull, gray environment and somehow emerges into a grassy, wild world. There he meets a girl: “I...
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author, Satoshi Kitamura, Illustrator . FSG $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-33558-8
Igor, a midnight-blue bird with a daffodil-yellow beak, has great expectations for Spring, "the season of songs." His fellow birds produce uniform bubbles and taffy-twisted waves that represent mellifluous sound. But Igor's first song...
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author, Satoshi Kitamura, Illustrator . FSG $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-31455-2
Kitamura (Angry Arthur) wittily depicts cats as easygoing layabouts in these cinematic comics. In "Operation Fish Biscuit," the marmalade-colored Boots schemes to clear a brick wall of napping felines so he can snag a spot for himself. In...
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author, Satoshi Kitamura, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $15 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-36780-0
In this kid-pleasingly convoluted effort, three unwary sheep are fleeced of their outerwear by four wily wolves (or, perhaps, ""woolves""), the mafioso-like manufacturers of Wolfgang & Bros. apparel. The sheep enlist the help of a detective cousin...
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Satoshi Kitamura, Author, Satoshi Kitamura, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-34906-6
Although not as unpredictable as his hard-boiled Sheep in Wolves' Clothing, this latest by Kitamura spotlights an offbeat sense of humor and a flair for comic-book layout. At first, it appears as though a dark-haired boy, Nicholas, narrates the...
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Satoshi Kitamura. Peachtree, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-68263-150-8
Kitamura’s volume (The Rainmaker Danced) is an amusing peek-a-boo tale for budding magic fans. The opening ink, watercolor, and gouache image shows two ear tips peeking out of an inverted magician’s hat. “What do have here?” asks the omniscient...
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Satoshi Kitamura. Peachtree, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-68263-255-0
Kitamura (Hat Tricks) captures the endless interest of a bustling environment as an East Asian child with a fistful of coins wanders alone through a city’s market and shops, planning “to buy myself something for the very first time.” An apple pie...
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