Books by Amanda Leslie and Complete Book Reviews
Amanda Leslie, Author Chronicle Books $12.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-929766-19-2
Youngsters can play peekaboo with the boy in Who's That Scratching at My Door? by Amanda Leslie, and guess at the animal growling (""big brown bear"") or squeaking (a ""tiny white mouse"") on the other side. Sound clues and a peek at a part of...
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Amanda Leslie, Author Dial Books $6.95 (26p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0568-5
The format of these two books is the same: on the left side of the spread are colors resembling a tissue-paper collage, arranged in undefinable shapes. The spread's right side is a solid white page from which the silhouette of an object has been cut.
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Amanda Leslie, Author Dutton Children's Books $13.99 (34p) ISBN 978-0-525-46182-1
Vibrant, saturated colors and a clever design make this paper-over-board book an engaging and peppy debut. A simple riddle about an animal appears within a colorful block of handwritten text at the center of each spread; the animal's head and tail...
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