Bill Peet, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-41670-9
Poor Pamela is insulted and abused by everyone at the circus, because they thinks she's dumb, so she runs away, following a train track. That's how she sees a broken train rail, stands on the track to stop an oncoming train, and saves the day. ""Peet
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Bill Peet, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-41069-1
With wit and wisdom, Peet delivers gentle morals using animals to demonstrate human foibles. And what wonderful, whimsical animals they are. The author's 31st book proves the adage, ""One good turn deserves another.'' A zebra named Zella adopts and...
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Bill Peet, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-43081-1
Almost 40 inventions of inspired nonsense have made Peet a favorite among both kids and parents. Everyone will appreciate the droll pictures in the author's new lark, starring a giant with two heads. The peaceful head, Jethro, argues in vain against
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Bill Peet, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $22 (192p) ISBN 978-0-395-50932-6
Fans who grew up with any of Peet's more than 30 books-- Pamela the Camel ; Zella, Zack and Zodiac ; Chester the Worldly Pig among them--or with any of the Disney movies he worked on--such as Cinderella , Dumbo , Pinocchio , 101 Dalmatians --will...
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Bill Peet, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-52207-3
When Zella the zebra gives birth to baby Zodiac, Zack--her adopted ostrich--repays his foster parent by protecting the new colt. Peet's alliterative rhyming fable is perfectly paired with his delectable drawings of jungle creatures. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Bill Peet, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-53968-2
About this fantastical yarn, PW said ``the unpredictable outcome rounds out the fun and embodies a kernel of good sense, showing the advantages when wiser heads prevail.'' Ages 4-8. (Apr.)
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Bill Peet, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $17 (48p) ISBN 978-0-395-55331-2
To the imaginative and amusing casts of characters he has created in his more than 30 books, this Caldecott Honor author/illustrator now adds Dudley, a ``scraggly-tailed runt of a rooster.'' Dudley's powerful early-morning crow has made him a...
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