Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Author, Jacob W. Grimm, Author, Bernadette Watts, Author NorthSouth $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-768-7
Helpful elves reward a virtuous shoemaker in a large-format retelling with ""exceptional"" pictures; ""Watts's warm, luminous illustrations provide the perfect counterpart to Tolstoy's lovely, mystical story,"" praised PW. Ages 5-8. (Sept.)
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Bernadette Watts, Author . North-South $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-2258-0
As she listens to the big plans of other snowflakes (“I'll ride the wind to the most beautiful mountain in the world”), the Smallest Snowflake wonders where she will land; she's searching for “someplace special.”...
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Bernadette Watts, Author Henry Holt & Company $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-03-008022-7
One of the Brothers Grimm's most appealing stories, The Elves and the Shoemaker tells the story of an honest shoemaker and his wife who fall on hard times. They are rescued from poverty by a pair of elves who fashion elegant shoes while the...
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Bernadette Watts, Author Orchard Books (NY) $12.95 (25p) ISBN 978-0-531-05758-2
Jealous of Canary, who lives in a cage in the palace, Crow asks Saint Francis to give him a house, too. Without a word, Saint Francis brings Crow a cage and lets him hop in. At first Crow is very pleasedhe is brought food and water and every morning
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Bernadette Watts, Author NorthSouth $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55858-603-1
Katya selflessly offers her prized possession--a humble wooden bird whistle--to the newborn King and sees her gift transformed into a living, singing creature. Fashioned from familiar elements, this modest tale glistens beneath the snowy blanket...
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Bernadette Watts, Author NorthSouth $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-687-1
As cozy as a cup of tea on a rainy day, this gentle tale of virtue rewarded is brightened by a whimsical woodland setting and colors that change with the seasons, from spring's light pastels to autumn's rich golds and russets. As an artist, Watts...
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Bernadette Watts, Author NorthSouth $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1096-9
Woodland friends band together to reward their stalwart mail carrier in this ""winning"" tale; PW also cited Watts's ""fineness of line and attention to detail."" Ages 5-8. (Mar.)
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Bernadette Watts, Author, Aesop, Author, B. Watts, Author NorthSouth $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-987-2
Watts (Harvey Hare, Postman Extraordinaire) makes uniformly pretty pictures of sweet little pink-eared mice, but her story, devoid of any element of danger when the mice visit one another's environs, makes for a rather bland retelling of the Aesop...
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Bernadette Watts, Author, North-South, Author, Books North-South, Author NorthSouth $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55858-002-2
The farm children adore their scarecrow and name him Tattercoats, for his shabby clothing shows the wear of a season of guarding the cornfield. But after the harvest, when the children move indoors to play for the winter, Tattercoats is chilly with...
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Bernadette Watts. NorthSouth (IPS, dist.), $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4175-8
Watts has been illustrating books since the 1960s, and this story’s innocence, its intense focus on domestic life, and its vision of a world in which mothers dependably watch over their children all recall the classics of that era. Isobel envies her
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