Simms Taback, Author . Putnam $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-23488-0
Caldecott Medalist Taback (Joseph Had a Little Overcoat) offers a spirited interpretation of this cumulative rhyme. From the very start—as endpapers reveal a variety of pencil-drawn houses with yellowing real estate ads as captions—the
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Simms Taback, Author . Puffin $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-240200-9
In a starred review, PW
wrote, "The artist fills the busy pages with abundant details and diversions. A zany and fun take on the 18th-century classic." Ages 4-up. (Dec.)
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Simms Taback, Author . Viking $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-670-05955-3
Life, of course, is a fountain," says a rabbi to a boychik who has sought the meaning of life. "Life is a fountain?" replies narrator Yankel, exhausted after his arduous quest for an answer. "Why is life a fountain?" The rabbi...
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Simms Taback, Author . Blue Apple $12.99 (0p) ISBN 978-1-934706-52-7
Full-page flaps unfold vertically, then horizontally, to create bold, large-scale images of city fauna in a sturdy guessing book. “Who am I?” asks one animal. “I make friends with people” (only a pair of legs appears at first,
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Simms Taback, Author Viking Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-86939-8
In Taback's (Joseph Had a Little Overcoat) ingenious take on the cumulative tale, there's a die-cut hole where the old lady's stomach should be, so the audience can see where everything she swallows ends up. What's more, the hole grows bigger to...
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Simms Taback, Author, Simms Taback, Illustrator . Viking $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-670-06192-1
Inspired by a Woody Guthrie song, Caldecott Medalist Taback (Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
) crafts a terrific and touching book. Someone special in the life of his narrator, an urban girl, is far away (the person and his/her relationship remain...
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Simms Taback, Author, Simms Taback, Illustrator Viking Children's Books $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-670-87855-0
As in his Caldecott Honor book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Taback's inventive use of die-cut pages shows off his signature artwork, here newly created for his 1977 adaptation of a Yiddish folk song. This diverting, sequential story...
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Simms Taback, Author, Harriet Ziefert, Author, Simms Taback, Illustrator Blue Apple Books $12.95 (96p) ISBN 978-1-59354-035-7
Divided into categories of ""Playthings,"" ""Clothing,"" ""Food"" and ""Animals,"" Simms Taback's Big Book of Words offers a straightforward collection of kid-friendly vocab and accompanying illustrations, one per page. A standout spread pairs ""kitt
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