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32 pp.
| Sterling
| February, 2010
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TradeISBN 978-1-4027-6352-6$12.95
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Illustrated by
Dan Andreasen.
"When signs of spring are in the air, / we look for babies everywhere!" This book features unremarkable but innocuous rhymes and placid, pleasant oil and digital illustrations starring round-headed baby animals. Despite the title, it's not particularly Easter-oriented until eleven children search for Easter eggs and the church bells peal.
32 pp.
| Random
| October, 2006
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LibraryISBN 0-375-93421-9$11.99
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PaperISBN 0-375-83421-4$3.99
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K-3
Step into Reading series.
Illustrated by
Lizzy Rockwell.
As Mary Clare evenly divides snacks to share with friends, readers are introduced to basic fractions: "She picks one pear / for two to share. / One-half a pear / for each is fair." The rhyming text and cheerful illustrations don't break any new ground in the math-in-literature genre, but the simple themes--friendship and fairness--will resonate with kids.
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4-6
This sequel to Through the Open Door follows ten-year-old Dora Cookson through her first year of school--where she works to move from the first grade to the fifth. Sugary sermons delivered by Dora as she learns her lessons, both in school and in life, impede the flow; still, fans will be glad to see Dora's story continue.
162 pp.
| HarperCollins
| July, 2000
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TradeISBN 0-380-97870-9$$14.95 1991, Deseret Book Co.
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4-6
In this story based on a real person, nine-year-old Dora was born with an immovable tongue and has been unable to speak until a chance visit to a doctor corrects the defect. During her Mormon family's covered-wagon journey from Utah to New Mexico and the first few months on the family's new farm, Dora learns to speak well enough to attend school for the first time. Other characters are somewhat flat, but Dora is compelling.
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K-3
Rookie Reader series.
Illustrated by
Mike Cressy.
In a slim but bouncy text, Hulme invites readers to enjoy the ephemeral bubble: "dip the stick in bubble stuff / give a slow and steady puff." Although the limited vocabulary leads to several forced or trite rhymes, the circularity of the text is appealing, as are the cartoony pastels featuring children with heads as round as the bubbles they blow.