Michael Paraskevas, Author, Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-200321-0
The mother-and-son co-creators of Junior Kroll profile 29 characters in this exhaustive (and sometimes exhausting) portrait of an elementary school class. ``Gracie Graves had little silver curls,/ Fourteen boys and fourteen girls,'' begins the text,
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82533-0
""A thoroughly winning debut,"" said PW of this mother-son collaboration that joins her rhymes with his ""mischievous, animated illustrations"" of ""delightfully tubby beach-goers frolicking in the surf."" Ages 4-8. (May)
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $15 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-82489-0
The Ferocious Beast, star of The Ferocious Beast with the Polka-Dot Hide, returns, in a silly bit of fluff that reads suspiciously like a made-for-television episode, perhaps not surprising given that the Beast is set to become a Nickelodeon regular
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82199-8
Splashes of beach-ball-bright color set the summery mood in this tale of an unlikely friendship between a lonely dog and a one-legged seagull. Joe the dog spends his days alone on the beach while his owner, Gino, runs a busy lemon-ice stand. Things...
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-292854-4
The mother-and-son team that created On the Edge of the Sea and Junior Kroll takes an entertaining journey into the phantasmagoric terrain of the mind in this latest collaboration. In rhymed verse, Betty Paraskevas chronicles the voyage of a...
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator Dial Books $14 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1130-3
Mischievous, animated illustrations form vibrant backgrounds in this mother-son collaboration about a fondly imagined day at the beach. Betty Paraskevas's text starts out promisingly, with a simple sweetness reminiscent of Robert Louis Stevenson's A
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator Dial Books $13.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1367-3
When a seaside resort town starts to close up for the winter, it looks as though a homeless brown dog will have nowhere to go. But as the first snow starts to fall, he's taken in by Eli, the lonely man from the city who befriended the dog during the
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82865-2
In this Grinchly treatment by the Paraskevases (On the Day the Tall Ships Sailed), a cynical rabbit cons his neighbors into thinking he's the Easter Bunny. Nibbles O'Hare hails from the big city, where he thrives on the carrots he steals from a chic
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-83830-9
In this rhyming story, a piglet captured by a spotted beast (with an appetite for pork) convinces his predator that he's about to outgrow his speckled skin, and the two form an unlikely friendship. Ages 3-6. (May)
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Where their recent Nibbles O'Hare
offered an unusual Easter Bunny, the Paraskevases' latest is a stale retread about Broadway aspirations. Marvin, a generic black-maned horse, dances with a carnival. He loves his Big Top friends—a...
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-205146-2
Mother-and-son Paraskevas (Junior Kroll) turn from verse to prose for this poignant story about a teddy bear who wishes for someone to take him home--and discovers he's already there. Right from the title page spread, children can see something...
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $16 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-292884-1
In this peculiar tale by the mother and son creators of Junior Kroll, a boy finds his way out of a nightmare. At first, the narrator doesn't know that he's dreaming. He boards a shadowy train and sits down among individuals whose horned heads and...
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-292882-7
Best known for their Junior Kroll collaborations, this mother-son duo venture to the seaside with a bright but hollow bauble of a picture book. Fishing on the beach, a boy spies a huge polka-dotted sea monster. The monster does not reappear until...
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-292883-4
This third collection of subversive verse featuring the imp in the blazer and bow-tie offers up a backhanded salute to the holidays. Thanksgiving dinner (``Pass the peas, pass the rolls/ Hallelujah! Bless the Krolls'') augurs the start of the...
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator , illus. by Michael Paraskevas. S&S/Aladdin $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-85046-2
Splashes of beach-ball-bright color set the summery mood in this tale of an unlikely friendship between a dog and a one-legged seagull. "The mother-and-son collaborators demonstrate their customary brand of offbeat humor," said PW. Ages 4-8
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Paraskevas, Illustrator, Bonnie Timmermann, Created by , illus. by Michael Paraskevas, based on a true story by Bonnie Timmermann. Little, Brown $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-01375-8
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n real life, Chocolate the Chihuahua was one lucky dog. When his “Papa” had to go away on business, Chocolate was entrusted to casting director/producer Timmermann, who was staying at the Four Seasons Hotel and clearly had enough sway...
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Betty Paraskevas, Author, Michael Parakevas, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82864-5
In a radical departure from their Junior Kroll stories, the Paraskevases offer a patriotic, even militaristic ode. On the Fourth of July, as stately tall ships journey up the Hudson River past modern Manhattan, a lone eagle joins their procession, a
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