Leonard S. Marcus, illus. by Helen Oxenbury. Candlewick, $40 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7636-9258-2
Children’s literature historian Marcus (Golden Legacy: The Story of Golden Books) presents an eloquent, sumptuously illustrated account of the life and work of versatile, prolific British illustrator Helen Oxenbury. Taking leave of Oxenbury after...
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Helen Oxenbury, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $3.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-394-87479-1
Irresistible might be the best word for these new board books from Oxenbury. In I See, a toddler gets a close-up look at a butterfly and a squint at a distant airplane. In I Touch, there's the chance to compare Daddy's coarse beard with a slimy worm.
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Helen Oxenbury, Author Little Simon $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-02-769010-1
Spending any amount of time with these Big Board Books is akin to being in the middle of a school room full of toddlers. The oversize format and the large scale (the babies' faces are about fist-size) showcase Oxenbury's winsome, multiracial babes,...
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Helen Oxenbury, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $19.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-375-82992-5
Selections from three earlier books unite in The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Collection by Oxenbury. With poems, nursery rhymes and stories from Tiny Tim-Verses for Children; Cakes and Custard: The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Rhyme Book and The Helen Oxenbury
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Helen Oxenbury, Author, Helen Oxenbury, Illustrator . S&S/McElderry $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4169-0277-5
Money can't buy happiness—or so two greedy pigs learn in Oxenbury's (We're Going on a Bear Hunt
) delightful picture book. Buoyant verse introduces Bertha and Briggs, porcine protagonists who "had plenty to eat,/ a warm sty...
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Helen Oxenbury, Author, Helen Oxenbury, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $9.95 (24p) ISBN 978-1-56402-412-1
Oxenbury brings her considerable talents to bear on this slender but winsome picture book. ``It's my birthday and I'm going to make a cake,'' announces a child, and one by one a host of animal friends offer their contributions--an egg from the...
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Helen Oxenbury, Author, Helen Oxenbury, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $3.99 (24p) ISBN 978-1-56402-602-6
One by one a host of animals offer ingredients when a child decides to bake a birthday cake. PW called the story ""perfectly paced"" and said that the ""understated"" watercolors ""shine with the quiet resplendence of happy family life."" Ages 2-up.
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Helen Oxenbury, Author, Helen Oxenbury, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $7.99 (10p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2016-5
A quartet of board books-I Touch; I See; I Can; and I Hear-unite for one oversize volume: Helen Oxenbury's Big Baby Book. Each page divides into a trio of panels, in which the baby explores the world around him (""I touch.../ a worm/ my ball/...
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Helen Oxenbury, Author, Oxenbury, Author Little Simon $5.95 (12p) ISBN 978-0-689-71255-5
With characteristic warmth and humor, Oxenbury captures a child's passion for a specific toy and the family's respectful response to the attachment. In this series of thick-paged books (ideal for recent board book graduates) Pippo, a stuffed monkey,
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Jill Bennett, Author, Helen Oxenbury, Author, Helen Oxenbury, Illustrator Yearling Books $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-40521-4
Lighthearted poems by such contributors as Rose Fyleman, Vachel Lindsay and the ubiquitous Anon. are illustrated in Oxenbury's signature sunny artwork. Ages 3-7. (June)
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