Gloria Rand, As Told by, Ted Rand, Illustrator, Gloria Rand, Author , illus. by Ted Rand. North-South/Cheshire Studio $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-1539-1
With emotional range and plenty of historical detail, this picture book follows four children who grow up sailing the oceans on the John Ena, a four-masted cargo ship for which their father is captain. Young Matilda narrates the days when "every
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Gloria Rand, Author, R. W. Alley, Illustrator , illus. by R.W. Alley. Holt $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6480-3
A porcine pet named Little Flower becomes a big hero in this upbeat and poignant tale inspired by a real-life incident. Miss Pearl adores her talented and amiable potbellied pig, Little Flower. Even most of the neighbors are impressed when the pig...
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Gloria Rand, Author, Ted Rand, Illustrator , illus. by Ted Rand. Holt $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6816-0
Inspired by the real-life plight of a free-roaming flock of sheep in the Pacific Northwest, the Rands (Fighting for the Forest
) allude to a certain nursery rhyme but spin a gentle yarn all their own. When a newborn lamb is abandoned by its mother,...
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Gloria Rand, Author, Ted Rand, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $8.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-1847-9
A boy's building of a boat corresponds with his puppy's growing up. PW said, ``Gloria Rand's first book is based on a true story, and it moves along quickly and succinctly; vibrant watercolor illustrations show Salty for the sporty hero he is.''...
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Gloria Rand, Author, Ted Rand, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-1841-7
The tragic effects of the Valdez oil spill on the creatures that inhabit Prince William Sound are embodied in one girl's efforts to save a baby seal drenched in oil. Denny and her mother take the pup, which she names Prince William, to the makeshift
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Gloria Rand, Author, Ted Rand, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-5466-8
The Rands (Salty Dog) tell of a boy's valiant efforts to save an ancient forest in this straightforward picture book. The boy and his father love to hike through a favorite old-growth forest. One day, the pair discovers blue paint spots on the...
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Gloria Rand, Author, Ted Rand, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-0837-1
When his new dog Salty is just a puppy, Zack, a boat builder, takes him to work each day on the ferry. But as Salty grows older, Zack decides he is too big to take to work, and leaves the dog at home. Salty, who thoroughly enjoys the ferry ride and...
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Gloria Rand, Author, Ted Rand, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-1160-9
Salty, the ocean-going canine who first appeared in Salty Dog , is now ``a grown-up deep-sea sailor, a real salty dog'' and acts as crewman on a sailing cruise to Alaska with his master, Zack. The two weather a squall, have close calls with wolves...
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Gloria Rand, Author, Ted Rand, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $4.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-2188-2
The canine hero of Salty Dog gets more than he bargained for when he sets sail with his master on an Alaskan voyage. Ages 4-8. (Mar.)
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Gloria Rand, Author, Ted Rand, Illustrator Dutton Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-65233-5
Based on a true adventure, this gripping tale begins in the Alaskan winter darkness in January 1917. A mother settles into a fur-lined sleigh with her three-year-old daughter and her four-month-old baby, who is sleeping in a basket. Accompanied by...
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Gloria Rand, Author, Ted Rand, Illustrator, Ted Rand, With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-213884-4
In chatty, conversational prose, a girl describes her family's enjoyment of their cabin in the woods. Gloria Rand (who previously collaborated with her husband, Ted Rand, on Prince William) achieves a hushed immediacy with a first-person, present-ten
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Gloria Rand, Author, Joy Peskin, Editor, Ted Rand, Illustrator Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-056623-9
In this true story of a baby who survives the Alaska wilderness in 1917, ""the Rands inspire a desire to linger as well as a hushed anticipation of what lies next,"" said PW. Ages 3-8. (Oct.)
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