Emma Dodd, Author . Dutton $10.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-525-47932-1
A child's adoration of a parent, a parent's unshakeable affection for his or her child: these timeless themes are the subjects of Dodd's (the Amazing Baby board books) made-for-snuggling, square-format series. The text is mediocre, as
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Emma Dodd, Author . Scholastic/Levine $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-03570-5
Young Jack wants a pet and proposes a host of possibilities, from an elephant (“I could ride it to school”) to a T. rex (I could take it for walks”). Mom, unseen, gently but firmly squelches each candidate; she effectively counters
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Emma Dodd, Author . Little, Brown $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-03390-9
Dodd (What Pet to Get?
) tours the world of canine temperaments and concludes that sweetest is best. A petite girl with a pert haircut and a flowered dress imagines herself the owner of various dogs, rejecting each in turn with cleverly turned verse:
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Emma Dodd, Author . Holiday House $16.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2280-7
A small boy with curly hair and a striped T-shirt sings an extended love song to insects, arachnids, arthropods, and more (“I love springy jumpy leapy bugs and slimy crawly creepy bugs”). The boy and the insects are shown closeup,...
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Emma Dodd, Author Scholastic/Cartwheel $8.99 (10p) ISBN 978-0-545-16663-8
In an interactive addition to the series, Dot, a spotted dog, and Dash, a striped cat, search for their missing friend, Small; readers can help by opening windows and doors. Small proves elusive, but they do find their friend Tall, a roller-skating...
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Emma Dodd, Little, Brown, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-03674-0
The sure-minded heroine from I Don't Want a Posh Dog! returns, this time in a search for the perfect feline companion. Cats may be more likely than dogs to irritate their juvenile owners, and Dodd's catalog of feline faults will parallel the cat...
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Emma Dodd, Author Dutton Children's Books $11.99 (18p) ISBN 978-0-525-46745-8
Color concepts are also explored in Yellow, Blue, and Bunny, Too! by Emma Dodd. When a magic rabbit waves his wand, a white mouse turns red, a cat's orange stripes transform into yellow polka dots, and Woof's white dog bone turns a lovely shade...
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Emma Dodd. Scholastic/Levine, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-53285-3
Dodd (Meow Said the Cow) proves there’s still plenty of life in the oldest of fairy tales. She casts elephants in both the lead role and as the prince, moves the whole affair into the modern day (Cinderelephant goes to the ball in a white stretch...
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Emma Dodd, Author Dutton Children's Books $10.99 (10p) ISBN 978-0-525-47244-5
Emma Dodd's black-and-white canine, displayed against a field of bold colors, returns in the paper-over-board Dog's Birthday: A Touch and Feel Book. Each page holds a different texture: Dog opens his first present, wrapped in shiny blue foil and...
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Emma Dodd. Scholastic/Levine, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-545-31861-7
When an orange cat gets fed up with the noise on the farm, the emerald-eyed grump proves that he's more of a "familiar" than an ordinary barn cat: "for he loved casting spells and doing magic." The results of his trickery? When the pig tries to get...
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Emma Dodd. Scholastic/Cartwheel, $8.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-545-35370-0
In the manner of her previous small-format books for younger readers, Dodd (Meow Said the Cow) presents a child's-eye view of the world and the child's place in it. The speaker is an engagingly plump and downy young emperor penguin—"The world is...
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Emma Dodd. Candlewick/Nosy Crow, $14.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6544-9
Baby dolls have been popular for more than a century, and Dodd’s young narrator, first seen tottering in her mother’s red heels while pushing a baby carriage, walks readers through the care and keeping of her own doll. Readers can take part in the...
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Emma Dodd. Harper, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-201422-1
In this sequel to Foxy, curly-haired Emily wants to draw what she loves best of all on her valentine, but can’t decide what that is. Her magical companion Foxy offers inspiration: by waving his tail, he makes some of her favorite objects appear,...
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Emma Dodd, Author, Emma Dodd, Illustrator . Picture Puffin $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-250019-4
A plump sausage of a canine, with one black spot on his left ear, turns into "a veritable canvas of 10 colorful spots," after following a boy with chocolate. PW
called the book "doggone charming." Ages 2-5. (Feb.)
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Emma Dodd. Candlewick/Templar, $12.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7636-7132-7
Dodd explored unwavering parental love in 2008’s No Matter What, and she revisits the theme in this gentle book featuring a polar bear parent and child. Displaying characteristic simplicity, Dodd writes in the calming voice of the elder bear (which...
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Emma Dodd. Harper, $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-201419-1
In a reassuring tale about first-day-of-school jitters, a girl commiserates with a magical but accident-prone fox. Curly-haired Emily is sleepless beneath her flowered comforter when Foxy (accompanied by a bluebird) prances through her window. “What’
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Emma Dodd, Author, Emma Dodd, Illustrator Dutton Books $9.99 (10p) ISBN 978-0-525-46982-7
More wacky combinations crop up in Emma Dodd's No Place Like Home: A Crazy Criss-Cross Book of Animal Mix-Ups. ""Diving in the deep blue sea/ Is not where camels want to be."" Woven with strips of paper, a picture of the out-of-place animal...
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Emma Dodd, Author, Emma Dodd, Illustrator Dutton Books $9.99 (10p) ISBN 978-0-525-46981-0
More wacky combinations crop up in Emma Dodd's No Place Like Home: A Crazy Criss-Cross Book of Animal Mix-Ups. ""Diving in the deep blue sea/ Is not where camels want to be."" Woven with strips of paper, a picture of the out-of-place animal...
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Emma Dodd, Author, Emma Dodd, Illustrator Dutton Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-47015-1
The capering canine from Dog's Colorful Day (see p. 70) returns in another learning adventure for the preschool set, Dog's Noisy Day: A Story to Read Aloud by Emma Dodd. This time Dog's day brims with onomatopoeic sounds from the ""grrrr!"" of...
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Emma Dodd, Author, Emma Dodd, Illustrator Dutton Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-46837-0
The spunky canine from Dog's Colorful Day returns in Dog's ABC: A Silly Story About the Alphabet by Emma Dodd. In the beginning, ""An apple falls on his head/ Dog barks, and a bird flies/ out of the apple tree."" The words ""apple"" and ""bird""...
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Emma Dodd, Author, Susan Van Metre, Editor Dutton Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-46528-7
The hero of this pleasant concept book is a plump sausage of a canine: ""As you can see, Dog is white with one black spot on his left ear."" But by the end of the day, he has turned into a veritable canvas of 10 colorful spots, nine of which have...
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Emma Dodd. Barron’s, $6.99 (10p) ISBN 978-0-7641-6885-7
In one of two books launching the Sprinkle with Kisses series, Dodd delivers a gentle recipe for a good night’s sleep, at least where babies are concerned. “Take one sleepy baby and a great big yawn,” she begins. “Add some beautiful dreams to dream...
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