Rebecca Emberley, Author, Edward R. Emberley, Author, Edward R. Emberley, Illustrator . Roaring Brook/Porter $16.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59643-464-6
There's a dash of snarkiness in the father-and-daughter Emberleys' version of the familiar fable, but it's to good purpose. By wryly emphasizing that Chicken Little and his clueless compatriots have “no plan” beyond...
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Rebecca Emberley, Author, Adrian Emberley, Author, Edward R. Emberley, Author . Scholastic/Orchard $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-10145-5
Another Emberley gets into the book-creating act with this takeoff on the cumulative song, “There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly,” which features jaunty rhymes yet an intermittently bumpy rhythm. Songwriter Adrian, Rebecca's...
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Edward R. Emberley, Author LB Kids $10.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-23653-9
The Caldecott Medalist makes wonderful use of innovative production techniques in this ingenious offering. Differently diecut and boldly colored pages reveal increasingly scary features of a big green monster--on the first spread, we see two big...
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Edward R. Emberley, Author, Ed Emberley, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-23487-0
A pair of reissued books makes available the launches of two significant careers. The Wing on a Flea: A Book About Shapes, Ed Emberley's first book, published in 1961, makes an affable companion to his playful yet instructive series of drawing ...
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Edward R. Emberley, Author, Ed Emberley, Author, Edward R. Emberley, Illustrator LB Kids $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-23314-9
A bevy of companion titles arrives just in time for back-to-school reading. With nary a note of text (save a pointed front-page explanation and one-word labels, as in his other drawing books), Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Weirdos uses ...
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Edward R. Emberley, Author, Michael Emberley, Joint Author, Rebecca Emberley, Joint Author Little Brown and Company $17.45 (64p) ISBN 978-0-316-23506-8
This uneven project from the talented Emberley family brings together too many experiments to serve readers well. Each Emberley gets a separate section; the prolific Ed Emberley goes first. Using stiff, computer-generated images of people and...
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Edward R. Emberley, Author, Edward R. Emberley, Illustrator . Little, Brown $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-24022-2
Neon hues and a cast of circus animals sporting festive togs and clown noses dominate Emberley's (The Wing on a Flea) exuberant chase. A mouse in flashy yellow rompers with festive polka dots (which play up its red ball nose and perfectly...
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Edward R. Emberley, Author, Edward R. Emberley, Illustrator Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $15.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-316-23638-6
Ed Emberley adds to his popular drawing books series with his paper-over-board Ed Emberley's Fingerprint Drawing Book. An opening spread describes the necessary ""ingredients"" for using fingertips as paintbrushes (inkpads, poster paints, food...
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Edward R. Emberley, Author, Edward R. Emberley, Illustrator Little Brown and Company $3.5 (10p) ISBN 978-0-316-23431-3
Emberley's First Words board books possess a singing simplicity: the pictures have bold black lines and generous dollops of color; words under each picture provide early and varied vocabulary lessons. Sounds features ""bzz'' under a bee, ``grr''...
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Edward R. Emberley, Illustrator, Edward R. Emberley, Author Little Brown and Company $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-23786-4
Anyone can be an artist with Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Trucks and Trains, a welcome addition to his other drawing books. The opening page pictures the simple shapes and letters necessary to do the drawings. He then shows two lines of images,
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Edward R. Emberley, Illustrator, Edward R. Emberley, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-23546-4
A bevy of companion titles arrives just in time for back-to-school reading. With nary a note of text (save a pointed front-page explanation and one-word labels, as in his other drawing books), Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Weirdos uses ...
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Edward R. Emberley, Illustrator, Edward R. Emberley, Author Little Brown and Company $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-23898-4
Anyone can be an artist with Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Trucks and Trains, a welcome addition to his other drawing books. The opening page pictures the simple shapes and letters necessary to do the drawings. He then shows two lines of images,
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