David Lucas, Author . Knopf $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-82690-0
Bluebirds wearing crowns soar overhead, pineapples spring from the ground and Indian women draped in saris look on as Lucas's (Shaggy and Spotty
) shy hero triumphs over his fear of being noticed. Halibut Jackson likes "to blend into the...
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David Lucas, Author . Farrar, Straus & Giroux $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-36330-7
A Tin Man–like robot with a broken heart finds purpose in one of two books this fall by Lucas (Halibut Jackson
) to feature an ingenuous creature navigating an uncertain world (the other is Candlewick's Peanut
, about a confused monkey)....
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David Lucas, Author . FSG $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-39909-2
Alone again on her birthday, a witch bakes a magical girl out of cake, the demure, yellow-skinned creation clad in an orange princess-like gown and a tiered cake headdress. The witch orders Cake Girl to sing “Happy Birthday,” dance for...
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David Lucas, Author, David Lucas, Illustrator . Knopf $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-83519-3
Unlike the shy hero of Lucas's debut, Halibut Jackson
, redheaded, pig-tailed Nutmeg takes her fate into her own hands. And well she might, for she lives in a dismal dwelling jammed with bits of broken machinery. "There was always
cardboard
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David Lucas, Author . Knopf $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-84338-9
In Lucas's (Halibut Jackson
) books, readers are carried to places where curious events unfold with comfortable matter-of-factness. This time, a gamboling whale accidentally flattens the seaside town where Joe and his Grandma May live, and Joe...
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David Lucas. Candlewick, $15.99 (28p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6107-6
The titular character is a kind of bony, swashbuckling Miles Gloriosus (yes, he’s a real skeleton, albeit one with pants and a pirate hat), who is fond of declaring, “I’ll never be beaten!” Which, of course, makes it all the funnier when he gets...
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David Lucas, Author, David Lucas, Illustrator . Philomel $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-25247-1
Casting about for the “something to do” of the title, a tubby father bear and anxious-looking cub stand outlined in blunt brown pastel lines against an empty landscape, flummoxed. “We'll go for a walk... a long walk,”...
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David Lucas. Candlewick, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5868-7
After hours at the toy museum, a menagerie of vintage dolls, animals, and windup toys are dismayed to find no presents for them under the tree. Bunting, a dapperly outfitted toy cat, has the solution: “Friends! Toys! Dolls! Puppets!” he says, “It’s...
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David Lucas. Nobrow/Flying Eye (Consortium, dist.), $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-909263-50-5
A kerchief-wearing goat defiantly guards a craggy hilltop, shouting at any animals that dare approach (including its own family members). “This is my rock,” the goat says, staring down its horns at a giant orange eagle making its descent. “Not your...
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David Lucas. Andersen, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5415-3559-6
As a woman finishes knitting a toy cat, he asks, “Why was I made?” The woman’s elusive response (“It’s a surprise”) further piques his curiosity. Placed under the Christmas tree, Cat wriggles free of the wrapping paper and ventures outdoors,...
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