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216 pp.
| Random
| October, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-0-553-53818-2$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-553-53819-9$20.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-553-53820-5
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4-6
When Snow and Rose's father vanishes, they are forced to move to a cottage in the woods, where they encounter strange beings, including a giant bear and a little man. This quiet reimagining of the classic fairy tale "Snow White and Rose Red" has an ethereal tone. The text's undercurrent of enchantment is also present in Martin's periodic full-page color illustrations.
32 pp.
| Random
| October, 2016
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TradeISBN 978-0-553-51101-7$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-97431-1$20.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-553-51102-4
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PS
After moving into its new wooded home, a family of tiny bears "sets out on a wander," meeting other diminutive creatures, animal and fantastical, and becoming briefly lost. When they return, their new neighbors throw a party, pictured on a gatefold. The relatively drama-free story is nevertheless rich with pleasant language, and the acrylic and gouache paintings have a whimsical, old-timey charm.
32 pp.
| Random
| August, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-0-385-37671-6$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-97327-7$20.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-375-98218-7
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An unseen narrator addresses the young reader, promising that the narrator will love whoever it is that the child grows up to be. Soft paintings of a bucolic world populated by creative, attractive children of various ages and ethnicities accompany a sentimental rhyming text. The well-meaning but ultimately bland narrative is carried by Martin's charmingly old-fashioned artistic style.
32 pp.
| Random
| August, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-0-385-37670-9$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-97326-0$20.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-375-98217-0
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This companion to Dream Animals celebrates imagination as children cavort with mythical animals in the "land of waking dreams." Realistic scenes turn into flights of fancy with a page turn (e.g., as a boy reads in the library: "Is it the whispering of pages... / Or the sound of griffin wings?"). Whimsical rhymes accompany rich, polished brushwork that creates a nostalgic feel.
32 pp.
| Random
| May, 2013
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TradeISBN 978-0-449-81080-4$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-97149-5$20.99
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"And when you snuggle in... / You'll be carried to your dream tonight / On wing or paw or fin." In this bedtime treasure, sleeping children take flight with his or her dream animal to whimsical settings. Soothing rhyming text pulls the reader through the lushly rendered, celestial dreamscapes, which are as likely to appeal to nostalgic adults as to sleepy children.
131 pp.
| Random
| January, 2012
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TradeISBN 978-0-375-86995-2$14.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-96995-9$17.99
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4-6
This illustrated tale of mute orphan Delia's acclimation to a strange orphanage peopled by an onion-headed boy, a copiously tattooed girl, and other eccentrics delivers the strangeness it promises. Pages with character profiles and portraits begin each chapter. The episodic plot is not very exciting and the prose is a little too old-fashioned-sounding, but the imaginative and quirky nature will appeal to some.