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40 pp.
| Chronicle
| October, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4521-3911-1$16.99
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Illustrated by
AG Ford.
Return to the world of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site with the same dedicated trucks and action-packed rhymes--now with holiday cheer. The smiling construction trucks each find a Christmas gift from the crew, and thanks to the trucks' efforts, the fire trucks have a star-bedecked new home for Christmas Eve. The characteristic illustrations (now done by Ford) in wax oil crayon consist of bold lines and plenty of color.
Reviewer: Colleen Shea
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2018
32 pp.
| Putnam
| August, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-0-399-54641-9$17.99
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A little girl lies in bed wondering about monsters: "Does Frankenstein get hungry?"; "Does a zombie go to school?" An amusing rhyming text answers her questions about the daily lives of lazy witches, clumsy mummies, and so on. Halloween's spookiest characters are thus rendered harmless for children who worry about monsters. Mixed-media illustrations with bold colors play up the smallest (and wittiest) of details.