Audrey Wood, Retold by, Ned Bittinger, Illustrator, Audrey Wood, Author , illus. by Ned Bittinger. Scholastic $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-42517-9
Readers familiar with the original 1906 classic by Sybille von Olfers, which featured delicate art nouveau style illustrations, may find this new version overblown. Wood's retelling of the story finds Young Robin Redbreast awakening Mother Earth&
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Audrey Wood. Scholastic/Blue Sky, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-31610-1
A curly-haired boy, his family, and his friends cast their gazes upward in this
vibrant celebration of the ever-changing sky. The only text Wood (Piggy Pie Po) uses are two-word labels for the variations of sky they see, recalling the recent The...
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Audrey Wood, Author HarperCollins Publishers $12.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-026599-1
Detective Valentine, a mole, is too busy to look for the missing Snow Queen crown; his own ski hat is lost, and he's on the chase after the thief. When his head feels like an icicle, he dons a glove-as-hat, and when that, too, is ""stolen'' he puts...
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Audrey Wood, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $13.95 (36p) ISBN 978-0-15-246475-2
As Grand Nanny is describing the antics of a young penguin of long ago, Little Penguin sneaks off for adventures of his own. He slides up and down icy mountains, dances with the wonderfully wild gooney birds and joins in the merriment at the madcap...
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Audrey Wood, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $7 (40p) ISBN 978-0-15-247476-8
Grand Nanny Penguin tells her brood an extravagant cautionary tale; PW said, ``With outlandish humor and fabulous color illustrations, Wood serves up a goodnatured romp across the polar cap.'' Ages 3-7. (Jan.)
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Audrey Wood, Author Harcourt Children's Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-269412-8
Wood's ( Silly Sally ; Little Penguin's Tale ) animated story introduces Beatrix the butter maid, who lives with her best friend, Gerda the cow, ``in a cozy cottage in a happy valley.'' The two have not a care in the world until two ``clumsy, loud,...
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Audrey Wood, Author Puffin Books $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-054924-9
PW termed this tale of a boy's embarrassment over his strange parents ``an oddball and thoroughly captivating book'' in which ``brilliantly colored paintings, awash in quirky details, are rendered with joyous abandon.'' Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Audrey Wood, Author, Robert Florczak, Illustrator , illus. by Robert Florczak. S&S $19.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-689-82190-5
When Evan, a fatherless boy, senses danger one Christmas Eve, his prayers help save his favorite cowboy, Cully, from a chilly death. They also set in motion a chain of happy events for Evan and his ma. The somewhat overwrought tale is nonetheless...
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Audrey Wood, Author, Robert Florczak, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-200014-1
From the sleep-wrenching ""caw-caw-caw"" of morning crows to the gently lulling ""who? who? who?"" of night owls, 18 birdsongs set the scene for a variety of expertly rendered habitats: hummingbirds ""chip-chee-chee"" in Yoshiko's flowering Japanese
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Audrey Wood, Author, Robert Florczak, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $7 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-202106-1
Drawn from a Native American legend, this story follows the migration of an overpopulated tribe via a miraculous bridge. PW's starred review called it ""collaborative storytelling at its best."" Ages 4-8. (May)n
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Audrey Wood, illus. by Don Wood. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-544-30832-9
The Napping House is anything but in this companion to the Woods’ evergreen 1984 picture book. Nearly all of the familiar players return—the granny, curly-haired boy, fuzzy dog, and tawny cat—but under the diaphanous light of an enormous moon, “every
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Audrey Wood, illus. by Don Wood. Scholastic/Blue Sky, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-41474-6
If Christmas has Santa Claus and teeth have the Tooth Fairy, why not a Birthday Queen for birthdays? The Woods (It’s Duffy Time!) imagine a magical, multitasking regent who’s an indefatigable combination of party planner, Underwriters Laboratory (“W
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Audrey Wood, Author, Don Wood, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $6 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-201963-1
""Alice in Wonderland meets Tim Burton [in this] potent combination of technology and creativity,"" said PW. Ages 6-up. (May)
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Audrey Wood, Author, Don Wood, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-200363-0
Glowing with humor and dusted with magic, this contemporary novel explores the ties that bind the four members of a championship academic quiz-bowl team. Sixth-grade teacher/coach Mrs. Olinski, teaching for the first time since becoming paraplegic,...
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Audrey Wood, Author, Don Wood, Illustrator Blue Sky Press (AZ) $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-16964-6
Pollyanna hasn't a thing on Jubal as the Woods' (The Napping House) passable story opens, ""Once upon a bright and sunny day."" This chipper bullfrog, ""so happy his feet barely touched the ground,"" has a picnic to share. But his overworked...
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Audrey Wood, Author, Don Wood, Illustrator Voyager Paperbacks $7 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-233679-0
Paintings rich in atmosphere highlight this delectable tale of a witch's unusual dietary cravings and a mother's ingenious revenge. Ages 4-8. (Aug.)
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Audrey Wood, Author, Don Wood, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-233678-3
Although text and art in this picture book match as hand and glove, it is really the ornate illustrations that carry it aloft to the dimension of classic fairytale. The mother of seven children (who are named for each day of the week) leaves for the
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Audrey Wood and Don Wood, Harcourt, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-202494-9
While the three stories in this picture book are short on plot, they are filled with high-spirited acrylic paintings and rhymes that focus on a single character. The first story features Piggy Pie Po wearing different costumes as he engages in...
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Audrey Wood, Author, David Shannon, Illustrator Blue Sky Press $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-48089-5
One of the rootin'-est, tootin'-est, riproarin'-est heroes of American tall tales is given a whole new lease on life as Wood imagines an entire family of Bunyans. When Paul, the legendary lumberjack, meets Carrie McIntie, a giantess ""banging a...
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Audrey Wood, Author, Phyllis J. Fogelman, Editor Dial Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0648-4
Everyone knows the mortification of having parents who are ``different''--and no one better than Wood, or so it would seem from this oddball and thoroughly captivating book. Her brilliantly colored paintings, awash in quirky details, are rendered...
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Audrey Wood, illus. by Don Wood. Scholastic/Blue Sky, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-545-22089-7
The creators of The Napping House offer an affectionate portrait of Duffy, a good-natured, chronically sleepy pug inspired by one of their own pets. Given the emphasis on Duffy’s fondness for napping, the story is rather short on action. Between...
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Audrey Wood, Author, Audrey Wood, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $7 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-201889-4
When a pair of raucous giants try to eat Beatrix's beloved cow, she teaches them a lesson in manners. Ages 3-7. (Sept.)
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Audrey Wood, Author, Audrey Wood, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-82682-5
Though the high-tech illustrations have ""the nonstop visual assault of a Saturday morning TV ad,"" said PW, ""the story is strong enough to hold its own in the whirlwind of color and pattern."" Ages 4-8. (May)
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Audrey Wood, Author, Audrey Wood, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-80553-0
With the nonstop visual assault of a Saturday morning TV ad, this spirited romp speaks the language of its young audience. That's probably because each over-the-top page betrays Wood's (The Napping House) childlike eagerness to experiment in her...
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Audrey Wood, Author, Audrey Wood, Illustrator Little Simon $7.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-689-84347-1
Originally issued in paperback last year as part of the ABA Prescription for Reading program, Audrey Wood's A Book for Honey Bear: Reading Keeps the Sighs Away is now available for sale in a paper-over-board edition. When a baby bear gets sick,...
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Audrey Wood, Author, Audrey Wood, Illustrator . Scholastic/Blue Sky $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-545-00005-5
With his heart-shaped nose, huge, faux-innocent eyes, squat yellow body, and a single-mindedness bordering on obsession, Wood’s (Silly Sally
) titular hero just about sums up what can make a dog so endearingly goofy. “Mistress, kind...
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Audrey Wood, Author, Audrey Wood, Illustrator, Don Wood, Illustrator Voyager Paperbacks $7 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-201367-7
Slapstick comedy frees this lesson on ""bad"" words from didacticism; ""A comic but sensible book,"" said PW. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Audrey Wood, Author, Audrey Wood, Illustrator, Don Wood, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-15-225320-2
As the only child at an elegant party, Elbert hears a strange word. ``The word floated by like a small storm cloud. It was ugly and covered with dark, bristly hairs. With a swift flick of his wrist, Elbert snatched the word from the air and stuffed...
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Audrey Wood, Author, Mark Teague, Illustrator Blue Sky Press $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-96204-9
Wood and Teague (The Flying Dragon Room) have concocted a suspenseful sugar-shocker about a rare and dangerous dessert. Just before dawn, on peaceable Willobee Street, Ma and Pa Brindle open a dusty attic trunk to find the recipe for Sweet Dream Pie.
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Audrey Wood, Author, Mark Teague, Illustrator , illus. by Mark Teague. Scholastic $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-39472-7
"Wood may not discourage sugar junkies from eating sweets at bedtime, but she and Teague whip up a truly spine-tingling tale," said PW
in a starred review. Ages 4-9. (July)
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Audrey Wood, Author, Mark Teague, Illustrator Scholastic $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-48193-9
Wood's (Rude Giants; Weird Parents) intentionally far-fetched yet annoyingly disconnected plot gets a vital boost from Teague's buoyant, whimsical art. His robust, full-page acrylic paintings propel the tale along at a giddy pace as Patrick offers a
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Audrey Wood, Author, Bruce Robert Wood, Illustrator Blue Sky Press $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-439-63569-1
Mother-and-son team Audrey and Bruce Wood (Alphabet Adventury) turn from ABC to 1, 2, 3 as they introduce Ten Little Fish, a knee-bouncing, countdown. One by one, the fish become diverted: ""Five Little Fish, swimming by the shore./ One grabs a...
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Audrey Wood, Author, Bruce Robert Wood, Illustrator, Guy Parker-Rees, Illustrator , illus. by Bruce Wood. Scholastic/Blue Sky $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-439-08069-9
The mother-son team behind The Christmas Adventure of Space Elf Sam
presents 26 bold, athletic-looking lower-case letters called "Charley's Alphabet" in this unorthodox ABC. After working hard all summer with their teacher, "Capital
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Audrey Wood, Author, Bruce Wood, Illustrator , illus. by Bruce Wood. Scholastic/Blue Sky $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-439-44337-1
In this follow-up to Alphabet Adventure, mother and son Woods again unleash young Charley's set of three-dimensional, lower-case letters on what is best described as a why-dunit. When the alphabet takes nightly roll call, something isn't...
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Audrey Wood, Author, Rosekrans Hoffman, Illustrator Puffin Books $4.95 (4p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0597-5
These collaborators offer an irreverent and funny look at sisterhood. Ages 4-8. (Apr.)
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Audrey Wood, Author, Rosekrans Hoffman, Illustrator, Rosecrantz Hoffman, Illustrator Dial Books $9.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0544-9
In this Dial Easy-to-Read, the collaborators of Three Sisters now focus their attentions on cousins. Poor Alf has to put up with his loudmouth, snotty cousin Mert, who arrives like clockwork with the holidays named in these chapters: ``The No-Thanksg
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Don Wood, Author, Audrey Wood, Author, Don Wood, Illustrator , illus. by Don Wood. Scholastic/Blue Sky $15.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-439-32092-4
This holiday sequel to The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
juxtaposes its very simple language with expressive, comically exaggerated paintings. As little Mouse sets up his tree and the presents beneath, an unseen...
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Don Wood, Author, Audrey Wood, Author, Don Wood, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-256341-7
These inventive collaborators ( Heckedy Peg ; The Napping House ) have turned the simple subject of a child's hands into a unique combination of concept and fantasy. As each digit takes on the endearing persona of a ``piggy,'' the stage is set for a
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A. J. Wood, Author, Audrey Wood, Author, Stephanie Boey, Illustrator Dutton Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-47023-6
Durable embossed pages heighten the drama of a young emperor penguin's rite of passage-the loss of his downy feathers-in The Little Penguin by A.J. Wood, illus. by Stephanie Boey.
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