Claire Masurel, Author, Susan Calitri, Illustrator Puffin Books $6.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-14-230198-2
Emily the bunny celebrates in her seventh lift-the-flap book, Merry Christmas, Emily! by Claire Masurel, illus. by Susan Calitri. The publisher uses an identical lift-the-flap format for the informative Kwanzaa title, Kwanzaa Kids by Joan Holub,
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Claire Masurel, Author, Bob Kolar, Illustrator , illus. by Bob Kolar. North-South $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1780-7
These cohabiting pets fight like, well, cats and dogs. But when a cat's toy mouse falls in the water, and the dog's ball gets stuck up a tree, the animals help each other. "The stripped-down text doesn't belabor the moral,"...
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Claire Masurel, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Hanako Wakiyama, Illustrator Chronicle Books $13.95 (36p) ISBN 978-0-8118-2090-5
Wakiyamas (Humphrey the Lost Whale) fresh, distinctive artwork and Masurels (Christmas Is Coming) understated story infuse this toy tale with quiet originality. Whats too big is a boys blue-and-white striped dinosaur named Tex. While the smaller...
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Claire Masurel, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Marie H. Henry, Illustrator Chronicle Books $6.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-8118-3322-6
Christmas Is Coming! by Claire Masurel, illus. by Marie H. Henry, also a board book, captures a child's anticipation. Juliette and her stuffed animals trim the tree and hang the stockings, but only the animals get to sneak a peek at Santa. (Dec.)
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Claire Masurel, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, M. Henry, Author Chronicle Books $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8118-0644-2
Originally published in France, this slight but agreeable bedtime book features a young girl who, with pajama bottoms slipping down and one shoe off, rounds up her sleeping companions--an assortment of stuffed animals and dolls. Searching her...
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Claire Masurel, Author, C. Masurel, Author, S. Halpern, Author NorthSouth $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1201-7
Titus wants to be a good farm dog, but he doesn't know how--until the night he sees a fox stealing toward the chicken coop. Ages 3-6. (Sept.)
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Claire Masurel, Author, C. Masurel, Author, P. Paparone, Author NorthSouth $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-754-0
An assortment of dogs in a pet-shop window gets taken home one by one in this pleasing, if repetitious, counting book. Until the final dog, Masurel's (No, No, Titus!) text repeats the same rhyme, as each owner and dog pair up: ""10 dogs in the...
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Claire Masurel, Author, C. Masurel, Author, P. Paparone, Author NorthSouth $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1301-4
All 10 dogs in a pet-shop window gain new homes. PW noted, ""Witty, amusing acrylic paintings enable readers to anticipate which dog each person will choose."" Ages 3-6. (Mar.)
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Claire Masurel, Author, Elena Moro, Translator, Pamela Paparone, Illustrator NorthSouth $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1303-8
All 10 dogs in a pet-shop window gain new homes. PW noted, ""Witty, amusing acrylic paintings enable readers to anticipate which dog each person will choose."" Ages 3-6. (Mar.)
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Claire Masurel, Author, Melissa Iwai, Illustrator Cartwheel Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-28243-7
A pair of tales show storybook characters in a new light. Big Bad Wolf by Claire Masurel, illus. by Melissa Iwai, dispels an age-old myth. ""Although they had never met him, people said... `Big Bad Wolf has pointy ears and shiny eyes!' ""...
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Claire Masurel, Author, B. Kolar, Author, C. Masurel, Author NorthSouth $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55858-949-0
These cohabitating pets are fighting like, well, cats and dogs. ""See these claws? Stay away from my mouse!"" warns the belligerent blue cat. ""See these fangs? Stay away from my ball!"" rejoins the obstreperous orange dog. But when cat's toy mouse...
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