Thacher Hurd, illus. by Elisa Kleven, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-38254-4
Kleven's (A Carousel Tale) intricately worked paintings, delicate as Easter eggs, depict a girl in a simple red dress sitting on a cloud overlooking the earth. She weaves together everything that happens each day, creating from the world's...
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Elisa Kleven, Author . Dutton $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-46674-1
Sun, fun and dough are on the rise in this tasty picture book about a baker who helps brighten up her snowbound town. Joy and color have all but disappeared in the midst of a dreary, relentless winter: "The wind it whooshed, the snow it whirled/
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Elisa Kleven, Author . Puffin $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-240073-9
According to PW
, "Sun, fun, and dough are on the rise in this tasty picture book about a baker who helps brighten up her snowbound town." Ages 2-up. (Mar.)
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Elisa Kleven, Author . FSG $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-30380-8
Ashy girl named Lizzy uses her love of apples to assuage her fears about starting school in Kleven’s (The Wishing Ball
) latest. Lizzy adores the apple tree on her family’s property throughout the year, particularly in the fall when it...
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Elisa Kleven, Author Tricycle $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-58246-239-4
Crocodile brothers Ernst and Sol return in their third adventure (following Ernst
and The Puddle Pail
), set against a painterly landscape of lively animals and sumptuous colors. Ernst loves to ride the “honey-colored dog” on the...
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Elisa Kleven, Author Dutton Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-45231-7
A paper doll literally takes a flight of fancy in this pretty picture book about creativity. When a girl draws and cuts out a beautiful princess with a dress ``like a forest'' and socks ``like starry skies'' and ``shoes like watermelons,'' she...
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Elisa Kleven, Author Puffin Books $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-14-056424-2
A paper-doll princess designed by a little girl blows away in the wind before the doll is completed. Her far-flung adventures are illustrated with mixed-media collage. ""Youngsters will no doubt be inspired to fire up their crayons, markers and...
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Elisa Kleven, Author Dutton Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-45803-6
Ernst, a gentle blue crocodile with his head in the clouds, gives his imagination a real workout in his second picture book (after Ernst). While his pragmatic older brother, Sol, takes joy in collecting such earthbound trinkets as feathers, stones...
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Elisa Kleven. Dial, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3742-6
As a “glasswing” butterfly with transparent wings, Claire blends in with her surroundings. In a rural area, that means flowers or ferns, but when the wind sweeps her into “a city of concrete and corners,” her wings take on the colors of traffic...
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Elisa Kleven, Author, Lidia Diaz, Translator Dutton Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-45605-6
The best-laid party plans almost fall apart in this chipper outing. Clara wants to celebrate her birthday with her friends and the festivities are set to include a pinata. But Clara becomes so taken with the dog pinata she has chosen that she names...
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Elisa Kleven, Author, Elisa Kleven, Illustrator . Tricycle $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58246-053-6
In this cut-paper collage book that evokes the texture and look of quilted squares, Ernst, a blue crocodile, goes through his day repeatedly asking, "what if" (e.g., "What if sand were fudgy instead of sandy?"), only to discover...
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Elisa Kleven, Author, Elisa Kleven, Illustrator . Dutton $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-46832-5
In Kleven's (Sun Bread) relatively lengthy tale about the interconnectedness of all living things, an opportunistic hunter discovers that he can neither take the deer out of the woods nor the woods out of the deer. When the hunter spies a deer...
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Elisa Kleven, Author, Elisa Kleven, Illustrator Dutton Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-44898-3
The universal language of art helps bridge the communication gap between a bird and the king of beasts in Kleven's ( Abuela ; Ernst ) latest picture book. When the bird notices the lion's bushy green tail, it piques her curiosity. The appendage, in...
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Elisa Kleven, Author, Elisa Kleven, Illustrator Dutton Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-45973-6
In this chipper picture book, a girl welcomes a new kid to the neighborhood by regaling him with tales of the monster who lives in her house. She paints a gooey picture of a creature who yells for ""special monster milk and smushed-up bananas"" and...
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Elisa Kleven, Author, Jose-Luis Orozco, Author, Elisa Kleven, Illustrator Puffin Books $7.99 (56p) ISBN 978-0-14-056548-5
Fiesta-bright folk art accompanies songs from locales ranging from Argentina to the Dominican Republic. Complete with music and lyrics in both Spanish and English, ""this collection brims with vitality and good cheer,"" said PW. Ages 4-8. (Aug.)
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Elisa Kleven, Author, Elisa Schneider, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $10.95 (23p) ISBN 978-0-394-89069-2
A girl becomes devoted to a wooden merry-go-round dog, riding him every day. When the park closes for the winter, she is sad until she finds the dog's tail on the ground. After playing with it, she transforms the tail into a painted bird with...
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