Jeanne Lee, Author, Susan Bonners, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-374-36911-8
Young Lotus was born deaf and unable to speak. Her days are filled with basket-weaving, swimming and walking among the wild birds, ``joining them in their graceful steps.'' Although she is good-natured and beautiful, the other children run from...
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Susan Bonners, Author . FSG $15 (96p) ISBN 978-0-374-34732-1
With a pleasant cadence and the steady pace of a metronome, Bonners's brief novel about the difficult adjustments families must sometimes make may strike a chord with young readers—especially music lovers. Yet the story's development...
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Susan Bonners, Author Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-07711-2
Everyone knows how contagious a yawn can be, but in this book (as in Barney Saltzberg's The Yawn ), the yawn itself seems to take on a life of its own, traveling from one person to another. In Bonners's entertaining book, a yawn passes from a baby...
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Susan Bonners, Author HarperCollins Publishers $13.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-08280-2
Young Stephanie is called Stefcha by her Polish Grandma and Stephania by Grandpa. But when she goes to spend a few days alone with them for the first time, she wonders who she really is to them and where she fits in their lives. Grandma is kind, but
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Susan Bonners, Author, Susan Bonners, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $16 (144p) ISBN 978-0-374-31968-7
In this perky novel for early readers, a girl learns that with gumption (and a little help) she can fight city hall--and win. When an injury forces her wealthy great-grandaunt and namesake to move into a senior residence, young Edwina Osgood--better
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Susan Bonners, Author, Susan Bonners, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-4377-8
A house cat's behavior comes under scrutiny in this hybrid of storybook and nonfiction. Bob, apparently a teenager, arrives to house-sit for the Fosters and take care of their pet, Molly. On a typical spread, the left page is devoted to Bob's...
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Susan Bonners, Author, Susan Bonners, Illustrator Sunburst Books $7.99 (71p) ISBN 978-0-374-46647-3
A note tied to a helium balloon leads to an unusual long-distance friendship. ""This amiable tale, which suggests an intriguing alternative to sending a message in a bottle, builds to a satisfying climax,"" said PW. Ages 7-9. (Sept.)
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Susan Bonners, Author, Susan Bonners, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $14 (80p) ISBN 978-0-374-36913-2
This amiable tale suggests an intriguing alternative to sending a message in a bottle. When shy Gregory ties a note to a silver helium balloon and releases it from his city apartment window, he hopes someone will find it and reply. Fortunately for...
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