Anne Carter, Author Random House Value Publishing $12.95 (36p) ISBN 978-0-517-56173-7
This is a stellar version of the old story, newly alive in both the telling and in the hauntingly atmospheric pictures. Beauty, of course, is the good daughter of a man whose wealth is sunk with the ships that are carrying it. Beauty's sisters are...
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Anne Carter, Author, David M. McPhail, Illustrator Orca Book Publishers $8.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55143-154-3
In this sweet but confusing picture book, a boy imagines his father's work day spent not in an office, but out on the range and tall in the saddle. After a father-son game of cowboys one morning, Dad ""leaves for work in his suit and tie, still...
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Anne Carter, Author, John Butler, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $5.95 (26p) ISBN 978-0-517-56308-3
A quiet story about the youngest rabbit in the warren, who doesn't remember the meadow that existed where gardens and houses now stand. She often sneaks into those gardens for a meal. But one day Bella is captured, first by a cat and then by a boy,...
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Anne Carter, Author, Louise Brierley, Illustrator Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-09872-8
Maud is a scavenger who lives alone by the sea, always wishing she could have a glimpse of the ``rich and famous people who lived behind the great gates of the mansion above the village.'' One day her scavenging turns up a vase that has magical...
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