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K-3
Illustrated by
Fabian Negrin.
Stylized, folk-primitive paintings richly illustrate this story of a talismanic bone pendant carved into moon shape by an Argentine gaucho. Fashioned with stone and silver into a necklace, it passes from a grandmother to many other women, and "perhaps to you," the reader, who now knows of its origin. The images in the poetic text, though occasionally labored, are often evocative.
32 pp.
| Hyperion
| September, 2001
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TradeISBN 0-7868-0392-4$$15.99
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K-3
Illustrated by
Stacey Schuett.
On a dark and stormy night, young Max wants to read a story about cats, but Ellery insists on reading a ruthless pirate tale aloud, playing up the scary parts to maximize Max's fear. The pirate story features appropriately spooky elements but is drawn out too long, and Max's revenge on Ellery is predictable. The dark illustrations add atmosphere.
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1-3
Illustrated by
Barbara McClintock.
A lighthearted fractured fairy tale with a sturdy message: to be without imagination may be even worse than being turned into a frog. A frog tells a girl a story (a true tale, which turns out to be their own) about a prince whose friendship with a jolly stable girl thrives until the king, hoping to divert him, acquires a potion from an old woman. The story is clever and well plotted, and the elegantly limned illustrations are full of fun.