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32 pp.
| Holt/Godwin
| March, 2019
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TradeISBN 978-1-62779-349-0$17.99
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Landry's thirteen poems focus on different sports, from gymnastics to skating to baseball. Short bouncy rhymes, involving use of the first person, and upbeat tones conjure optimistic young children excelling at each sport: "I throw the ball. / You turn around. / I raise my arms and yell, / TOUCHDOWN!" Cheery ink and watercolor illustrations show a variety of skin tones and genders.
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1-3
Woodchuck sculptor Chuck and Scooter Possum, a painter, prepare for the Best of the Forest art contest. However, green-eyed jealousy and self-doubt creep in for Chuck. Eight short, episodic chapters, each creating a separate but connected scene, help newly independent readers with stopping and starting points. Numerous earth-toned watercolor and pencil illustrations accentuate the characters' emotions.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2016
32 pp.
| Houghton
| August, 2012
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TradeISBN 978-0-547-24969-8$12.99
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An invitation to ghost Oliver's Halloween party falls into the wrong hands. When "a little cow and a little jack-o'-lantern" unexpectedly arrive, the spooky guests stop in their eerie tracks: is Oliver a friendly ghost or scary spirit? The straightforward text builds suspense and injects humor, while Landry's cheery illustrations and calm palette signal that this story is more treat than trick.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2012
48 pp.
| Charlesbridge
| July, 2011
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TradeISBN 978-1-57091-745-5$12.95
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1-3
"Bear had a dream...to make his friends laugh." But poor Bear has stage fright, and his debut flops. When hummingbird Emmy finds Bear's joke list, she entertains the crowd; a symbiotic partnership begins. Seven chapters divide the narrative into small segments, while numerous pencil and watercolor illustrations (both full-page and spot art) clarify the action and add depth to characterization.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2011
32 pp.
| Houghton
| September, 2007
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TradeISBN 978-0-618-60568-2$16.00
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Simple text and cheerful watercolors depict an imaginary nighttime adventure. With his baby sister crying, dog barking, and radio blaring, it's too loud for Nicholas to go to bed. He instead puts on his spacesuit and heads for the moon. Lots of roundness in the illustrations conveys comfort and calm. Landry's pencil and watercolor art depicts moonscape and bedroom as equally cozy.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2007
64 pp.
| Holt
| June, 2005
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TradeISBN 0-8050-6645-4$15.95
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1-3
In this winning underwater tale of friendship, mermaid Kate's best friend Dave is a shark with teeth that fairly tingle to bite something, anything. To keep Dave's mind off his teeth, the friends decide to visit their friend Eel, who has lost his zap, literally. The light tone, wordplay, and humorous situations are accompanied by silly sketches on every page.
Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2005
32 pp.
| Houghton
| May, 2005
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TradeISBN 0-618-44886-1$12.00
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It might look like she's just rolling them around in distaste, but Ivy Louise can't eat her peas when they're performing such splendid circus acts (high-diving into juice, balancing on alphabet blocks) on her high-chair tray. The small, square design is a neat but ample canvas for the pea-sized acrobatics, and Ivy Louise is a benevolently godlike participant-observer in the fun.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2005
32 pp.
| Houghton
| October, 2003
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TradeISBN 0-618-19655-2$$9.95
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K-3
An omniscient narrator matter-of-factly describes the snow ghosts, who live in the snowy north, where they catch snowflakes on their tongues, compete in ice-floe races, and, of course, make snowmen. This eccentric little book, which is full of spare and deft blue-and-white images, is both mirthful and original if somewhat insubstantial.
32 pp.
| Little/Tingley
| April, 2003
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TradeISBN 0-316-60732-0$$12.95
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Delicate images of thumb-sized babies in action are grouped thematically ("Baby Food," "Nature Babies," etc.) and offset with puns, nursery-rhyme snippets, or mild observations (e.g., a toddler in a police uniform riding a tricycle illustrates "Police baby is on the beat"). While the text will most likely elude the book's intended audience, the lighthearted images are inviting.