Arthur Dorros, Author Scholastic $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-43367-9
In this interactive parent-child book, Dorros ( Rain Forest Secrets ; Me and My Shadow ) brings hidden woodland animals up close by depicting their tracks--sure evidence of the presence of other creatures in our midst. Readers follow these tracks...
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Arthur Dorros, Author Scholastic $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-590-45302-8
In his familiar, child-like style of naive watercolor and pencil illustration, Dorros attempts a picture-book overview of houses worldwide. More scattershot and larger in scope than last season's The House I Live In by Isadore Seltzer which focused...
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Arthur Dorros, Author HarperCollins Children's Books $2.95 (12p) ISBN 978-0-694-00187-3
A small, curious girl feeds the animals on a farm; a reluctant boy eases himself into his bath routine and finds that scrubbing up isn't so bad after all. Those are the modest storylines of Dorros's two board books, which have sweet watercolors,...
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Arthur Dorros, Author Scholastic $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-43369-3
This pedantically written, poorly organized introduction to rain forests concentrates on the tropical rain forest of the Amazon basin (which the author never mentions is in South America). A cursory examination of flora and fauna begins at the...
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Arthur Dorros, Author, Club De Madres Virgen Del Carmen, Illustrator Puffin Books $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-055467-0
This depiction of a celebration in the Andes Mountains is illustrated with hand-sewn arpilleras (quilt-like murals) from Lima, Peru. Ages 5-8. (Jan.)
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Arthur Dorros, illus. by Ruby Gutierrez, HarperCollins/Rayo, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-058160-2
A bilingual girl and her Mamá spend a day together in this sensitive story about autonomy and togetherness, a companion to Papá and Me. The spirited speaker insists on doing just about everything by herself ("Sola, sola," she tells Mamá). But Mamá...
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Arthur Dorros, Author, Elisa Kleven, Illustrator Dutton Books $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-525-44750-4
In this tasty trip, Rosalba is ``always going places'' with her grandmother--abuela . During one of their bird-feeding outings to the park, Rosalba wonders aloud, ``What if I could fly?'' Thus begins an excursion through the girl's imagination as...
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Arthur Dorros, Author, Elisa Kleven, Illustrator Puffin Books $7.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-14-056225-5
A girl imagines flying over New York City with her Spanish-speaking grandmother. ""Solid multicultural material,"" said PW, also praising the ""vibrantly hued and intricately detailed mixed-media collages."" A Spanish-language edition ($4.99 -056226-
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Arthur Dorros, Author, Elisa Kleven, Illustrator Puffin Books $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-14-056505-8
The sequel to Abuela features an ""economical yet highly descriptive text"" and mixed-media paintings that are ""a kaleidoscope of color and texture,"" said PW; ""a fanciful flight."" Ages 2-6. (Apr.)
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Arthur Dorros, Author, Elisa Kleven, Illustrator, Elisa Kelven, Illustrator Dutton Books $16.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-525-45149-5
In Dorros and Kleven's (Abuela) latest collaboration, young Rosalba's imagination soars on the wing of her grandmother's colorful stories of the tropical island where she grew up. Rosalba and Abuela fly through sunny skies until they smell ``aire...
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Arthur Dorros, Author, Elisa Kleven, Illustrator, Sandra Marulanda Dorros, Translator Dutton Books $15.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-525-45438-0
Daydreaming, Rosalba imagines that she and her grandmother take an airborne journey over Manhattan. Splendid collages transform the city into a rich mosaic of buildings, people, and places. Also available in English.
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Arthur Dorros, Author, Henry Cole, Illustrator , illus. by Henry Cole. HarperCollins $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-028482-4
One-liners and sight gags are as thick as feathers in a henhouse in Dorros's (Ten Go Tango) and Cole's (The Sissy Duckling) pert poultry drama. Henry ("short for Henrietta") is the city chicken of the title; she lives in a cozy coop...
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Arthur Dorros, Author, Ann Grifalconi, Illustrator , illus. by Ann Grifalconi. HarperCollins $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-029004-7
The son of Mexican farmers, Julio wants to be a woodcarver, like his aging friend Iluminado ("the best carver in the village"). Heading off to meet Iluminado one day, Julio thinks about the upcoming wood-carving contest "in the city far...
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Arthur Dorros, Author, Emily Arnold McCully, Illustrator HarperCollins $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-027690-4
Dorros's (Abuela) toe-tapping title cuts a rug among counting books. As the band plays on, various members of a vibrant animal cast take to the dance floor. One osprey dances ballet, two toucans do a two-step and so on, up to 10 flamingos that tango.
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Arthur Dorros, Author, Arthur Dorros, Illustrator, Sandra Marulanda Dorros, Translator Rayo $7.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-443482-9
PW called this story of the son of migrant workers ""noteworthy in presenting a protagonist who would be just as interesting in another milieu."" Spot art on a white page separates the English text from the Spanish; the facing page features a full-bl
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Arthur Dorros, Author, Sandra Marulanda Dorros, Translator HarperCollins Publishers $16 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-021547-7
Toting his omnipresent radio, Diego and his family of migrant farm workers leave a tiny cabin and head for the cabbage fields. Though the music on his radio brings him joy, the boy is sad to bid farewell to his friend David when Diego's family takes
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Arthur Dorros, Author, Diane Greenseid, Illustrator , illus. by Diane Greenseid. Dutton $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-42030-9
A surfeit of snails, a bevy of blackbirds and a plethora of pigs take turns overrunning a New Mexican town in Dorros's (Abuela) comic tale of two very different siblings. Grandiose restaurateur Don Carlos (wearing several hats, turquoise boots...
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Arthur Dorros, Author, David Catrow, Illustrator Scholastic $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-47704-8
Dorros's (Abuela; Rain Forest Secrets) hyperbolic romp is unapologetically silly, the stuff of B movies. During a particularly damp spring break, a science-class mold experiment outgrows its jar. Three elementary schoolers return from vacation to...
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