Gail Gibbons, Author Voyager Paperbacks $5 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-201491-9
Gibbons points out the many uses of paper in daily life and details the steps of its production. Ages 6-10. (May)
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Gail Gibbons. Holiday House, $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2412-2
Gibbons adds beavers to the list of the animals covered in her long-running series. The spreads combine illustrations, text, panels, insets, and captions to an almost graphic novel–like effect at times, as the beavers build both a dam and a lodge (“N
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Gail Gibbons. Holiday House, $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2368-2
Working in pen, ink, and watercolor, Gibbons introduces readers to ladybugs, covering ladybug anatomy, different types of ladybugs (such as the two-dotted ladybug and ash-gray ladybug), and their development, predators, and habits. The prose is...
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Gail Gibbons, Author Crowell $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-690-04734-9
A readable, involving text, paired with attractive watercolor illustrations focuses on the history and fate of Nuestra Senora de Antocha. The Antocha is a 17th century Spanish galleon that sank during a hurricane off the coast of Florida. The book...
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Gail Gibbons, Author Holiday House $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0657-9
Gibbons begins with a clear introduction to dinosaurs and paleontology for young readers. Two-page spreads illustrate and highlight well-known dinosaurs and give an idea of each one's size, habitat, eating habits and behavioras well as a phonetic...
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Gail Gibbons, Author T.Y. Crowell Junior Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-690-04631-1
Gibbons, an established creator of award-winning nonfiction, now turns her attention to zoos. In her familiar style, combining very simple line drawings, bold colors and an informative narrative, she leads youngsters through an entire day at a large
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Gail Gibbons, Author Crowell $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-690-04600-7
Gibbons streamlines information without shortcuts or ambiguities in this suspenseful examination of a day in the life of a small daily newspaper. Those who wonder how a newspaper comes together, day after day, will discover that it is a fast-paced,...
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Gail Gibbons, Author Holiday House $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0614-2
Two top picture-book collaborators team up in another irresistible entry. Al the janitor and his talking dog Eddie seem to live quiet lives of desperation. ""They ate together. They worked together. What could be bad? Plenty.'' Then their lives are...
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Gail Gibbons, Author Crowell $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-690-04513-0
This is an unexpected and charming departure for Gail Gibbons, best known for her volumes of books on how things work. Here the author goes back 500 years to trace the development of the Boston Post Road (connecting Boston and New York City), as it...
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Gail Gibbons, Author Holiday House $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0599-2
Gibbons's bright pictures and uncomplicated text explore the history of flight, from France's first passenger balloon (""It carried a duck, a rooster and a sheep, and they all landed safely'') to today's space-shuttle missions. She mentions the...
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Gail Gibbons, Author . Holiday $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1797-1
Gibbons offers an explanation of holiday roots and traditions in this companion to Christmas Is...
"Whimsically decorated borders of wee ghosts and pumpkins frame the playful illustrations," wrote PW. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Gail Gibbons, Author HarperCollins $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-09678-6
Not as impressive as much of Gibbons's previous work, this curiously flat portrait centers on holiday preparations on a small island (ostensibly in Maine). Frequent use of the passive voice (``Boxes of ornaments have been pulled out from storage'')...
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Gail Gibbons, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-71411-5
This skyscraper-shaped book cheerfully explains the construction of one of these edifices: ``Readers become so involved with the project,'' observed PW , ``that they feel proud when the building is completed.'' Ages 5-8. (Sept.)
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Gail Gibbons, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-263265-6
In this book, there is talk of recipes, mixing and baking; the subject is not food but, among other things, food utensilsmugs, teapots, bowlsand the setting is not the kitchen but the potter's workshop. Gibbons handily relates the ancient process of
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Gail Gibbons, Author Four Winds $14 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-737250-2
What a complicated subject to explain to readers! Yet Gibbons has accomplished much here. This is a look at all four seasons, as observed, recorded and predicted by experts at a weather station. Broadcast terms for weather conditions are...
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Gail Gibbons, Author Four Winds $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-02-736780-5
Jones has outdone herself in this frolicking, warmhearted fantasy. Convinced she's a failure, Sophie Hatter is resigned to working in her stepmother's hat shop. Then the evil Witch of the Waste appears, turning Sophie into an old woman. For the...
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Gail Gibbons, Author Holiday House $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1758-2
Gail Gibbons explains holiday roots and traditions in Halloween Is..., a companion to Christmas Is.... Whimsically decorated borders of wee ghosts and pumpkins frame the playful illustrations.
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Gail Gibbons, Author Holiday House $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0682-1
Gibbons delivers what her readers have come to expect: picture books that describe real-life activities and familiar functions. Life on the farm is a mode of existence most people take for granted. Gibbons depicts aspects of that life with her...
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Gail Gibbons, Author Holiday House $17.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0640-1
Some books view train travel with a nostalgic eye; Gibbons gives readers a look at an obviously contemporary industry. She names the many kinds of cars and the various uses they have, explains how train personnel work together and shows potential...
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Gail Gibbons, Author, Gail Gibbons, Illustrator HarperCollins $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-15528-5
Turning to the legend of Santa Claus, Gibbons locates its roots in the life of a fourth-century Catholic bishop from Myra (now Turkey), then traces its development down the centuries. The art, like the text, is on the pedestrian side of sprightly--mi
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Gail Gibbons, Author, Gail Gibbons, Illustrator HarperCollins $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-446029-3
Gibbons takes readers step-by-step through the mailing process,from the moment the letter is dropped into a mailbox until it reaches its final destination. She includes a glossary and a brief history of message-sending. (5-8)
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Gail Gibbons, Author, Gail Gibbons, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-71116-9
The succinct, enjoyable story of where milk comes from. A Reading Rainbow selection. Ages 48. (March)
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Gail Gibbons, Author, Gibbons, Author Trophy $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-446059-0
A bold introduction to how a road is built. Ages 5-9. (July)
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Glen Rounds, Author, Gail Gibbons, Author Holiday House $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0908-2
Against abundant white backgrounds, bold illustrations portray the characters and goofy activity of the popular folk song. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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