Caroline Ness, Author, Emily Bolam, Author, Emily Bolam, Illustrator Turner Publications Inc $12.95 (1p) ISBN 978-1-57036-011-4
With language as vivid as its richly hued artwork, this winsome book introduces the signs of the zodiac. Ness forgoes in-depth explanations of the meanings of ruling planets and their associations with the elements of fire, air, earth or water,...
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Rudyard Kipling, Author, Emily Bolam, Author, Emily Bolam, Illustrator Dutton Books $13.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-525-44862-4
Curiosity stops just short of being deadly in this adaptation of the Kipling classic. ``In the High and Far-Off Times'' when elephants sported short, ``bulgy'' noses, a young pachyderm full of ``satiable curiosity'' sets off to discover what...
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Emily Bolam Zeifert, Author, Harriet Ziefert, Author, Emily Bolam, Author , illus. by Emily Bolam. Blue Apple (Chronicle, dist.) $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-59354-066-1
In this playful if uneven picture book, a young woman from Boston and her yellow Lab embark for the City of Light, where a special "Heavenly Pets" hotel package assures top-dog treatment for four-legged guests. From his bed, "custom-cover
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Emily Bolam, Author, Emily Bolam, Illustrator Dutton Books $14 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-44972-0
Bolam's ( The Elephant Child ) exuberant, naive paintings spark this classic cumulative verse. An unsuspecting rat sets in motion a rollicking chain of events--including a shot-gun wedding--when it stops at Jack's new house to nibble some malt....
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Emily Bolam. Campbell (IPG/Trafalgar Sq., dist.), $7.99 (8p) ISBN 978-0-230-74145-4
Short and sweet, with a nifty gimmick, this board book features cardboard cutouts of a frog, squirrel, bird, and mouse, which are tethered to interior pages (and the cover) with elastic bands; a yellow ribbon at the base of each cutout lets children
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Paper engineering by Corina Fletcher, illus. by Emily Bolam. Campbell (IPG/Trafalgar Square, dist.), $10.99 (8p) ISBN 978-0-230-71295-9
"Welcome to our happy home,/ won't you step inside?" invites this house-shaped board book, which can be fully opened so that the front and back covers touch, creating a 360-degree pop-up panorama with four scenes. Readers can interact with various...
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Harriet Ziefert, Author, Emily Bolam, Author, Emily Bolam, Illustrator Blue Apple Books $9.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-59354-059-3
A fetching gray donkey sporting a striped red shirt stars in a pair of adventures by Harriet Ziefert, illus. by Emily Bolam. Buzzy's Birthday: A Lift-the-Flap Story shows the fellow helping his mother put up decorations and icing his cake,...
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Harriet Ziefert, Author, Emily Bolam, Author, Emily Bolam, Illustrator Blue Apple Books $9.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-59354-062-3
A fetching gray donkey sporting a striped red shirt stars in a pair of adventures by Harriet Ziefert, illus. by Emily Bolam. Buzzy's Birthday: A Lift-the-Flap Story shows the fellow helping his mother put up decorations and icing his cake,...
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