Frieda Wishinsky, Author, Heinz Werner Zimmermann, Illustrator Orca Book Publishers $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55143-122-2
At the center of Wishinsky's (Oonga Boonga) sweet trifle of a tale is Harry, a kind baker and decorator of cakes who makes ""each one special."" But new owners who take over the bakery have no use for Harry's time-consuming practice. Out of work,...
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Frieda Wishinsky, illus. by Willow Dawson. Groundwood (PGW, dist.), $16.95 (168p) ISBN 978-1-55498-489-3
In time for the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania, Wishinsky (A History of Just About Everything) brings readers aboard the ship through the fictionalized story of Avis Dolphin, a real-life 12-year-old who survived its torpedoing....
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Frieda Wishinsky, illus. by Sean L. Moore. Owlkids (PGW, dist.), $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-926973-51-7
Wishinsky and Moore use a family trip to New York City to portray 14 pairs of opposing words in this companion to Where Are You, Bear? Sophie and her patchwork stuffed animal, Bear, are opposites themselves: where Sophie is exuberant and daring (“Go,
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Frieda Wishinsky, Author, Marie-Louise Gay, Illustrator , illus. by Marie-Louise Gay. Groundwood $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-88899-796-8
Wishinsky (Each One Special
) and Gay (the Stella books) serve up an incisive slice-of-life tale about a high-energy girl and her more sedate older brother. Wild-haired Louise refuses to leave Jake alone: she dances into his room, plays with his...
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Frieda Wishinsky, illus. by Kady MacDonald Denton, Albert Whitman, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-9476-6
Carly and her older sister, Sandy, are stalwart playmates—until glamorous Lily Jean moves in next door. She has cool talents ("I can play the xylophone and drums"), she's stylish (wearing "shiny red shoes and a puffy red skirt"), and she's supremely
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Frieda Wishinsky, Author, Carol Thompson, Illustrator, Carol Thompson, Author , illus. by Carol Thompson. Picture Puffin $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-056840-0
Nothing can stop baby Louise from crying until her brother whispers the words, "Oonga Boonga." PW
said, "The understated text provides a perfect jumping-off point for Thompson's exuberant touch, which ranges from broad comedy to...
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Frieda Wishinsky, Author, Susie Stevenson, Illustrator Little Brown and Company $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-94872-2
Nothing can make baby Louise stop crying--not patient rocking by her parents, not a clean diaper or a warm bottle, not even Grandpa's little jig. But when brother Daniel comes home from school, leans over Louise's crib, and utters the magic words,...
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Frieda Wishinsky, Author, Neal Layton, Illustrator Carolrhoda Books $15.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-57505-490-2
Together, Lucy and her best friend, Lenny, feel fierce. They invent games about pirates, snakes and aliens. But when Lenny watches a TV show about a three-eyed green monster, he doesn't notice the uneasy frown on Lucy's face. Later, Lucy imagines ""t
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Frieda Wishinsky, Author, Neal Layton, Illustrator , illus. by Neal Layton. Lerner/Carolrhoda $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-87614-921-8
Jennifer Jones sits at the desk adjacent to the boy narrator, and her unrelenting, goo-goo-eyed ardor leaves him wishing "she could move to the jungle/ And live in a tree/ And talk to the monkeys/ Instead of to me." But when Jennifer moves...
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Frieda Wishinsky, illus. by Natalie Nelson. Groundwood, $19.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-77306-104-7
Wishinsky begins her story of Emily Warren Roebling with a modern mother and child crossing the Brooklyn Bridge: “Emily Roebling inspired me to become an engineer.” In 19th-century New York, the text explains, girls were told that they shouldn’t...
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