Eileen Christelow, Author Clarion Books $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-395-86621-4
This lighthearted explanation of how books are created and produced combines ""informative commentary with humorous, action-filled cartoons,"" said PW. Ages 5-8. (Aug.)
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Eileen Christelow. Clarion, $16.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-544-44289-4
Addressing readers, two robin “teenagers” explain how they came to live in “your yard.” Making good use of sequential panels to show the changing seasons, chicks’ development, and passage of time, Christelow’s (the Five Little Monkeys series) airy,...
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Eileen Christelow. Clarion, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-547-85893-7
Christelow’s popular Five Little Monkeys enjoy nothing more than getting into mischief, and they accomplish plenty of it on Halloween night as they trick-or-treat with babysitter Lulu. At first, the monkeys are dressed as a banana, alien, ghost,...
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Eileen Christelow, Author Clarion Books $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-395-55697-9
Impressionable Henry Rabbit is sure he sees a dragon's shadow on his bedroom wall, but when his parents pooh-pooh his overactive imagination, Henry gets the last laugh. Ages 3-8. (Oct.)
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Eileen Christelow, Author Clarion Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-89919-425-7
Glenda Feathers, a chicken, arrives at her friends Harry and Lola's Diamond Dog Diner with a basket of eggs and the shocking news that there are diamond robbers in town. She urges Lola to hide her diamonds in the eggs. The nefarious robbers show up...
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Eileen Christelow, Author . Clarion $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-04910-3
In this rib-tickling sequel to The Great Pig Escape, two farmers seek hogs that are hidden in plain sight. As Bert and Ethel shrug and scratch their heads over their lost pigs, other townspeople go about their business—some of them wearing...
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Eileen Christelow, Author Clarion Books $15 (40p) ISBN 978-0-395-66973-0
In this strategic endorsement of vegetarianism, six pigs foil the folks who would turn them into bacon. Farmers Bert and Ethel, who usually cultivate their gardens, raise half a dozen piglets to sell at auction. But the pigs overhear Bert and Ethel's
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Eileen Christelow, Author Clarion Books $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-395-71124-8
Alternating informative commentary with humorous, action-filled cartoons, Christelow (Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree) light-heartedly explains how books are created and produced. ``Authors get ideas for books at the strangest moments!''...
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Eileen Christelow, Author Clarion Books $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-395-62399-2
Crusty New Englanders get a good ribbing in this tale of two neighbors in pursuit of both corporeal and emotional warmth. Betty always brings cookies and unwanted advice when she visits cranky old Ezra. As winter deepens, she nags him more and more...
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Eileen Christelow, Author Clarion Books $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-55701-3
In this zany cumulative verse, five silly simian siblings insist on bedtime mayhem, and--heedless of the doctor's admonition--each suffers the same injury. Ages 3-8. (Oct.)
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Eileen Christelow, Author . Clarion $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-51003-0
Echoes of Mark Teague's Dear Mrs. LaRue
resonate in this story of an unappreciated dog who corresponds with a canine advice columnist. "My human is driving me nuts!" thinks Emma, a brown-and-white mutt belonging to a moody artist,...
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Eileen Christelow, Author . Clarion $5.95 (47p) ISBN 978-0-618-48606-9
With two wisecracking pooches and the candidate's daughter as pint-size commentators, "this book effectively explains the nuances of the election process using a small-town mayoral campaign as an example," according to PW
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Eileen Christelow, Author . Clarion $16 (47p) ISBN 978-0-618-24754-7
Young readers curious about politics will say "yea" to this well-executed book, which effectively explains the nuances of the election process using a small-town mayoral campaign as an example. Two wisecracking pooches and the candidate's
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Eileen Christelow, Author . Clarion $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-18194-0
Christelow (The Great Pig Search) offers more animals who bamboozle slow-witted innocents in this rib-tickling take on the Three Little Pigs. Canine detective Phineas T. Doggedly asserts, "There's only one no-good rascal in this town... the...
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Eileen Christelow, Author, Eileen Christelow, Illustrator Clarion Books $6.95 (36p) ISBN 978-0-395-92862-2
PW praised the ""crisp"" pacing and ""well-pitched"" dialogue in this witty story about two crusty New England neighbors. Ages 5-9. (Sept.)
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Eileen Christelow, Author, Eileen Christelow, Illustrator Clarion Books $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-395-90230-1
Christelow escorts readers behind the scenes for a fascinating peek at the creative process in this companion to What Do Authors Do? Here she tracks the efforts of two fictitious artists, showing their different approaches to illustrating the same...
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Eileen Christelow, Author, James Cross Giblin, Author Clarion Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-89919-513-1
Spunky, resourceful Olive and her little brother Otis Opossum have a problem: the top hat they're wrapping for their father's birthday present topples out the window and lands on Mr. Fox's head. Mr. Fox's good fortune is Olive's misfortune if she...
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