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32 pp.
| Dutton
| May, 2009
|
TradeISBN 978-0-525-47938-3$16.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Kristina Swarner.
At bedtime, Rose rides a tawny, comfortable-looking lion into the sky, where they "Swoop through outer space" and play among the constellations. When a black hole threatens to swallow them up, Rose uses a comet tail to lasso Cetus, the whale constellation, and he tows them to safety. Attractive textured illustrations in deep, rich colors accompany this fantasy's singsongy rhymes.
167 pp.
| Dutton
| October, 2008
|
TradeISBN 978-0-525-47967-3$17.99
(4)
4-6
In this fictionalized account, white New Yorker Duvy (the book's author as a boy) tells about his father's frequent trips to the South as a lawyer for the NAACP in the 1960s. Through the eyes of Dorothy, an African American woman, readers learn about historical details beyond Duvy's experiences. The writing is overly expository. Footnotes throughout help clarify events but are distracting.
32 pp.
| Little
| May, 2008
|
TradeISBN 978-0-316-07306-6$15.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Lynn Munsinger.
A child hightails it out of the city, away from the "scabby rats" and flea-bitten squirrels, to a tropical island--only to find "tons and tons of horrifying CROCS!" After some close calls, the protagonist becomes the crocodile king. The text seems geared to adults ("So you've...left the grubby city you deplore"), though children will enjoy the energetic illustrations and lively rhyme.
40 pp.
| Farrar/Kroupa
| October, 2006
|
TradeISBN 0-374-34990-8$16.00
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Nadine Bernard Westcott.
"When your teacher asks a question, / Wave your hands a lot, / Then when you're called to answer, / Say that you forgot." Young Miss Information offers non-traditional etiquette advice, beginning each poem with a quote from the experts. The humor stems from the contrast between what's suggested and what children know is expected. Westcott's energetic illustrations add zany touches. Bib.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2006
32 pp.
| Little/Tingley
| May, 2004
|
TradeISBN 0-316-32076-5$$15.95
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Lynn Munsinger.
To Bugs!, Skunks!, and Slugs, mischief meister Greenberg adds snakes in all their insinuative creepiness. The silliness takes hold as the young hero of Munsinger's watercolors conquers his fear--and the snakes. The tercets are witty and expertly rhymed, the story is never too scary, and the sunny colors of the adept pictures augment the levity of the verse.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2004
32 pp.
| Little/Tingley
| April, 2001
|
TradeISBN 0-316-32606-2$$15.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Lynn Munsinger.
Greenberg follows his Slugs and Bugs! with verse about a much stinkier species. Reveling in the "galling, appalling, / truly enthralling / Glorious stink of a skunk," the poet gleefully enumerates the many uses of a skunk and its odor. Ebullient watercolor pictures filled with comic detail are a perfect match for the text's inspired silliness. This is one volume of verse kids will think is scentsational.