Arthur Geisert, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-58519-1
In this companion book to the popular Pigs from A to Z , Geisert cleverly combines an educational hide-and-seek game with a tale of fantasy, mystery and porcine appeal. When Mother Pig one night tells of a ``lost place with huge stone configurations,
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Arthur Geisert. Enchanted Lion, $17.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-59270-265-7
In an enigmatic seasonal story with threads of the magical, a rising river washes away a pumpkin, whose seeds sprout on a small island. As the vines grow, the pumpkins become ubiquitous in the streets of Elkader, Iowa. After many pumpkin desserts,...
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Arthur Geisert. Enchanted Lion (Consortium, dist.), $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-59270-115-5
The nomadic pigs that first appeared in Ice return in another intricately illustrated, wordless story, first published in France. One day, a large, broomlike plant lands near the pigs’ island village. The pigs cut off the stalk and plant its seedpod,
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Arthur Geisert, Enchanted Lion (Consortium, dist.), $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-59270-098-1
Geisert's (Oops) resourceful pig families are back, and the exaggerated landscape format of this volume allows Geisert an expansive stage for this wordless adventure. This particular group of pigs lives in wooden shelters on a desert island, shaded...
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Arthur Geisert, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-41058-3
Readers catch up with the latest adventures of favorite picture book characters. Thievery and doublecrosses are once again afoot in Pigaroons by Arthur Geisert. With the annual Ice Festival approaching, the titular group of porcine protagonists (simi
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Arthur Geisert, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-66611-1
With a stroke of originality, Geisert ( The Ark ; Pigs from A to Z ) continues the oft-told story of the Great Flood by imagining life for Noah and his retinue as the waters begin to recede. The ark is transported to a valley site (``Trees were cut...
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Arthur Geisert, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-55329-9
Geisert ( Pigs from A-Z ) is back with another exceptional pig tale: one in which his pigs communicate, most eloquently, through that word-of-many-meanings, ``Oink.'' The story begins with a stretch, a yawn and an ``Oink!'' for Mother Pig and her...
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Arthur Geisert, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $8.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-618-00608-3
PW offered high praise for this ""outstanding"" telling of the biblical tale, calling the artist's intricate black-and-white etchings of the construction of the Ark and of the inhabitants within ""optically dazzling."" All ages. (Oct.)
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Arthur Geisert, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-79754-9
Creating an enthralling parallel, Geisert (Oink; Pigs from 1 to 10) illustrates this story of the intricate goings-on in an etcher's studio with the stylish, full-color etchings that have earned him accolades. Step by careful step, a boy helps his...
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Arthur Geisert, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-06487-8
The little piggies in Geisert's (Oink Oink) latest porcine paean try
to go to market, but are temporarily derailed in this clever caper of a picture book. French emigrants Jambo and Marva Jambonneau and their 12 piglets run a successful tree...
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Arthur Geisert, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $18 (48p) ISBN 978-0-395-43078-1
The Biblical tale of Noah and the Ark has been illustrated numerous times, but Geisert (who created Pigs from A to Z ) presents an outstanding edition with beautifully detailed etchings. The illustrations open with Noah and his sons laying the keel...
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Arthur Geisert, Author Walter Lorraine Books $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-15321-3
""The porcine stars of Pigs from 1 to 10 teach kids to do as the Romans do in this numerical excursion,"" said PW in a starred review. ""Geisert's detailed etchings reward extended perusal. A great lesson in Roman numerals, this book scores a...
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Arthur Geisert, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $18 (64p) ISBN 978-0-395-38509-8
Pigs from A to Z updates the traditional alphabet book in a potentially useful way. Rather than the usual presentation of a picture illustrating each letter, Arthur Geisert (Pa's Balloon and Other Pig Tales offers intricate etchings depicting pigs...
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Arthur Geisert, Author . Houghton Mifflin $17 (64p) ISBN 978-0-547-19469-1
In this loving record of the Midwest farm community in which he lives, Geisert (Hogwash
) memorializes a way of life that has dwindled to a small population of stalwarts. Pastoral charm is not Geisert's aim; eschewing apples and aprons, he...
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Arthur Geisert, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-77332-9
Somewhere in the Midwest lies a village inhabited by genteel pigs with a flair for civil engineering, their ingenuity documented in many collections of Geisert's (Lights Out
) elaborate hand-colored copperplate etchings. This time, in a series...
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Arthur Geisert, Author . Houghton $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-55614-4
"Creating an enthralling parallel, Geisert illustrates this story of the intricate goings-on in an etcher's studio with the stylish, full-color etchings that have earned him accolades," wrote PW
in a starred review. Ages 4-8. (May)
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Arthur Geisert, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-27293-8
Who's been stealing pieces of the paintings in the museum? That's just what a clever piglet and her grandfather attempt to find out in this newest adventure featuring Geisert's (Nursery Crimes) beloved pigs. Each week on "copying day,
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Arthur Geisert, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-13221-8
As in his Nursery Crimes,
Geisert once again zeroes in on a small Midwestern town inhabited by a group of pigs to tell an offbeat tale of how cooperation and resourcefulness can overcome deceit. Accompanied by hilariously deadpan etchings, the...
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Arthur Geisert, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-21611-6
"In this dreamlike world where piglets use their initiative and steam drills appear out of nowhere, readers, too, have a quest: hidden in each delicately etched spread are 10 industrious pigs and elusive numbers, craftily disguised," said...
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Arthur Geisert, Author, Arthur Geisert, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-74519-9
The porcine stars of Pigs from 1 to 10 teach kids to do as the Romans do in this numerical excursion. As Geisert exhorts readers to ""count the number of pigs to find the value of [the seven single-letter Roman numerals],"" pale pink pigs...
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Bonnie Geisert, Author, Arthur Geisert, Author . Houghton $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-33522-0
"Steeped in nostalgia, this quiet tribute to a bygone era also honors the life cycle," wrote PW. "The Geiserts suggest the efficiency of farm life with precise etchings." All ages. (May)
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Bonnie Geisert, Author, Arthur Geisert, Author, Arthur Geisert, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-90891-4
As they did in Prairie Town, the Geiserts explore the changing rhythms of a community throughout the year in written and visual detail, and the results are fascinating. During the fall harvest, trucks, trains and barges carry the town's goods around
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Arthur Geidert, Author, Arthur Geisert, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $14.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-395-64048-7
First featured in Geisert's Oink , these vociferous piglets are back for more noisy hijinks. When the excitement of a new day beckons, off they scamper, leaving mother pig sleeping soundly--or so they think. But as the sun rises and contented...
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Barbara Bader, Author, Aesop, Author, Arthur Geisert, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $7.95 (64p) ISBN 978-0-395-97496-4
Pitch-perfect tellings of 19 fables plus biographical vignettes find their match in elegant and witty etchings, set in a prairie town and brimming with personality. All ages. (Mar.)
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