Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Author, Stephen J. Smith, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $14 (28p) ISBN 978-0-671-76968-0
This Violet is aptly named: a wallflower, shrinking-violet sort of mouse. Silent while her siblings squabble and shout, the words she ventures are barely audible--and, in a nice touch, warrant only tiny letters on the printed page. ``Speak up'' she...
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Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Author, Richard Brown, Illustrator, Rick Brown, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-671-87284-7
Lewison ( Shy Vi ; Going to Sleep on the Farm ) and Brown ( Your Best Friend, Kate ) strike a merry chord in this appealing variation on an oft-played theme. Brown's comic ink-and-watercolor pictures depict a medieval princess who looks to be well...
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Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Author, Christopher Moroney, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $7.99 (14p) ISBN 978-0-375-81512-6
Sesame School Random House launches the Sesame Beginnings series, a line of board books designed to teach pre-literacy skills to babies and toddlers. The books are leveled 1-5 to correspond to different developmental stages, and the first book,...
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Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Author, Christopher Moroney, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $6.99 (14p) ISBN 978-0-375-81538-6
Sesame School Random House launches the Sesame Beginnings series, a line of board books designed to teach pre-literacy skills to babies and toddlers. The books are leveled 1-5 to correspond to different developmental stages, and the first book,...
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Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Author, Keiko Motoyama, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $12.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-87808-4
Lewison (Raindrop, Plop) introduces a little prince who refuses to shed his diapers, in a paper-over-board tale with a rather confusing message. His parents are ""worried that the prince would be wearing diapers forever and ever-even when he became...
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Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Author, Juan Wijngaard, Illustrator Dial Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1096-2
One tranquil evening, a pajama-clad boy sprawls on the floor beside his father, eking out a few more minutes of play with his plastic barnyard animals. When the son asks how a cow goes to sleep, the father replies, ``A cow lies down in the soft,...
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Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Author, Juan Wijngaard, Illustrator, Jaun Wijngaard, Illustrator Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-055743-5
In a starred review, PW said this farmyard tale ""combines powerful images with the fun of a bedtime game that can be adapted to many sleepy imaginations."" Ages 3-7. (May)
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