Mary Jane Auch, . . Dell/Laurel-Leaf, $5.99 (
, $5.99 ISBN p) ISBN 978-0-440-23851-5
According to PW
, "Auch combines a classic immigration tale with the events of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory in this spirited novel." Ages 12-up. (Feb.)
The latest of Mary Jane Auch's (Bantam of the Opera) fairy-tale parodies finds Paulina the Princess competing against her peers for the hand of Prince Continue reading »
Auch (Journey to Nowhere) combines a classic immigration tale with the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in this spirited novel. The narrator, 16-year-old Continue reading »
After Josh was hypnotized into thinking he was a cat in I Was a Third Grade Science Fair Project, in this sequel his dog, Artful, can talk. The canine's Continue reading »
The yolk's on readers, thanks to Auch's familiar feathered friends (who premiered in Bantam of the Opera, the first of what the publisher calls the Continue reading »
The creators of Souperchicken
lay an egg in their latest "poultry parody," a surprisingly brittle affair. Two crowing roosters annoy Sophie the pig and Continue reading »
"In this sassy send-up likely to deliver a royal case of the giggles," wrote PW
, a princess competes against her peers for the hand of a prince and Continue reading »
Despite her yellow feathers, the personable Pauline is a hen of a different color--a sensitive fowl unable to ``concentrate in all the confusion'' of the henhouse. Her eggs, when they do appear, are Continue reading »
Migrating from Connecticut to upstate New York in 1815, 11-year-old Mem's family meets one near-fatal disaster after another. ""The concept of hapless pioneers is deliciously intriguing,"" said PW. Continue reading »
Auch's (Bantam of the Opera) latest fowl farce unfortunately lays an egg. A cover illustration of a duck in front of a Christmas tree, donning a tiara and dancing dress and holding a nutcracker, Continue reading »
Three boys create mayhem while scrambling for their science fair project. ""Auch fuels her novel with funny, flippant dialogue and clever one-liners,"" said PW. Ages 7-10. (Oct.) Continue reading »
According to PW, ""Auch combines a classic immigration tale with the events of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory in this spirited novel."" Ages 12-up. (Feb.) Continue reading »
It's summertime, and Katy and her mother are vacationing once again with other family members at Whitmarsh Point, Conn. After Katy reunites with her favorite cousin, Julie, the excited girls stumble Continue reading »
In this humorous, affectionate novel, seventh-grader Jenna tries to discourage her mother's romance with the local TV weatherman, but eventually rethinks the situation. Ages 8-12. Continue reading »
As a dance-mad chicken stages a ballet in the barnyard, Auch's oil pastels ""conjure up one giggly tableau after another,"" said PW. Ages 5-8. Continue reading »
Mem's family is hit by the Murphy's Law of pioneering--if anything can go wrong, it will. In migrating from Connecticut to upstate New York in 1815, 11-year-old Mem is called upon to save her mother Continue reading »
The ill-starred pioneer family of Mary Jane Auch's Journey to Nowhere and Frozen Summer returns in The Road to Home. This installment, set in 1817, finds 13-year-old Remembrance Nye leading her Continue reading »
Even better than its predecessor, Journey to Nowhere, this sequel gets its title and some of its exceptional historical color from the dire weather conditions that afflicted New England and New York Continue reading »
In a starred review of this sequel to Journey to Nowhere, PW said the author's ""attention to the unromantic details of pioneer life, combined with evocative description and involving dialogue, gives Continue reading »
Auch's (The Easter Egg Farm; Dumbstruck) somewhat offbeat tale blends two common picture-book themes: apprehension about a new sibling and fear of nighttime beasties. Monsters invade Rodney's bedroom Continue reading »
With the same clever and amusing chic of The Easter Egg Farm, Auch here zeroes in on the girls in the henhouse for another snappy tale. Aspiring to be the first hen ballerina, Poulette ``did warm-up Continue reading »
If Sam doesn't come up with a plan quickly, he will have to give away his dog, Amber. Mom has gone back to work and lonely Amber barks all day long, disturbing the neighbors. Sam tries one scheme Continue reading »
When Percival the peacock moves into the barnyard, he ruffles all the hens' feathers with his ceaseless boasts. Before long, a dance-mad chicken named Poulette challenges him to compete in a talent Continue reading »
In this lighthearted companion to The Easter Egg Farm, Pauline the hen reveals a rare talent: if she concentrates on an image while laying an egg, the image appears on the eggshell. Asked to copy Continue reading »
Rigoletto proves the inspiration for the rooster hero of this comically feathered tale, penned by the punny author of Hen Lake and Peeping Beauty. Most barnyard fowl are content to cry Continue reading »
In I Was a Third Grade Science Project, Josh was hypnotized into thinking he was a cat. Now, in I Was a Third Grade Spy by Mary Jane Auch, illus. by Herm Auch, Brian's dog, Artful, can talk and Continue reading »
Two-year-old Chooch seeks to help everyone, often with disastrous results, in this tender familial picture book from Cherokee creators Rogers and Kunz. The child’s older Continue reading »
The caring acts of loved ones are the focus of this first-person work that models how affection can be relayed by actions. As the title opens, a young narrator notes how, Continue reading »
Eli’s eight uncles live together in one house, and every summer Eli spends a day with them in this gleeful excursion from Madhani and Kheiriyeh. Watercolor, acrylic, and colored Continue reading »
This impressively global and genuinely heartfelt survey communicates that every job has its particular—and peculiar—demands and rewards. For a candlestick maker in Ireland, Continue reading »