Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest, illus. by Barry Moser. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-027978-3
This collection of 13 handsomely illustrated free-verse poems makes an eclectic and engaging feline companion to MacLachlan and Charest’s Once I Ate a Pie and I Didn’t Do It. Speaking in a delightful range of voices, the cats each share their...
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Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest, illus. by Matt Phelan. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-544-44280-1
Little Robot has a head made from a toaster with a lightbulb stuck in it, a rotund body with riveted orange pants, and tractor treads for feet. He leads an idyllic life in a cottage by the pond, and he’s developed satisfying little rituals to fill...
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Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest, illus. by David Diaz, HarperCollins/Tegen, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-051234-7
Iridescent light, tropical colors, and entwined, nature-themed patterns distinguish Caldecott Medalist Diaz's (Smoky Night) lavish art, which is the bedrock of this resplendent book. Suggestive of the subjects of some of Picasso's figurative...
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Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest, illus. by Katy Schneider, HarperCollins/Tegen, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-135833-3
Whoooooooo's a good doggie? In this follow-up to Once I Ate a Pie (2006), the soulful-eyed canine poets certainly believe they are. The narrator of one poem declares: "I'm perfect./ I know because they tell me so," which mitigates the fact that "I...
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Patricia MacLachlan, Author, Emily MacLachlan Charest, Author, Amanda Shepherd, Illustrator , illus. by Amanda Shepherd. HarperCollins/Cotler $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-057031-6
Awakened by moonlight streaming through the window, young Fiona slips out of her covers and into her backyard. “The night wraps around her like a velvet coat,” gently declare the co-authors (Charest is the Newbery Medalist’s...
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