Pamela Duncan Edwards, Author, Henry Cole, Author, Pamela Duncan Edwards, Author Katherine Tegen Books $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-443519-2
""A taut, involving narrative and dramatic, shadow-filled full-spread art"" adopt woodland animals' perspectives to tell of a runaway slave's flight, said PW. Ages 5-9. (Jan.)
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Pamela Duncan Edwards, Author, Edwards, Author, Henry Cole, Author Hyperion Books for Children $13.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0399-6
Collaborators Edwards and Cole (Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke) pull out all the stops in this slapstick comedy of too many cooks, starring eight eager-eyed, quadruple-tusked, bristly warthogs and a little blue teddy bear. From one chef assiduously
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Henry Cole. Scholastic Press, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-39997-5
Cole’s (A Nest for Celeste) beautifully
detailed pencil drawings on cream-colored paper deftly visualize a family’s ruggedly simple lifestyle on a Civil War–era homestead, while facing stark, ethical choices. Beginning with an illustration of a...
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Henry Cole, Author, Henry Cole, Illustrator Greenwillow $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-056481-0
The front lawn of Caroline’s new home is like all the others in her cookie-cutter subdivision—it’s a simple, sterile patch of green that falls far short of the “Meadowview” that her street name promises. But after she...
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Henry Cole, Author, Henry Cole, Illustrator . HarperCollins/Tegen $16.99 (342p) ISBN 978-0-06-170410-9
Fantasy and natural history blend comfortably in illustrator Cole’s (Jack’s Garden
) first novel, as a Louisiana plantation—where wildlife artist John James Audubon and his young assistant, Joseph, stayed for several months in 1821&
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Henry Cole, Author, Henry Cole, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $16.99 (26p) ISBN 978-0-688-17515-3
Henry Cole encourages youngsters to take a closer look at their surroundings in his paper-over-board On the Way to the Beach. Gatefold flaps on spreads of marsh, dune and beach environments open to reveal animal life that seem to be hidden in the
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Henry Cole. S&S/Little Simon, $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4424-9897-6
Readers get a hint of the ingenuity in Cole's (Unspoken) nifty study of comparative sizes from its arresting cover, which features a ladybug at very close range, Inside, realistic full-bleed paintings provide a playful look at scale and perspective,
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Harvey Fierstein, Author, Henry Cole, Author, Henry Cole, Illustrator , illus. by Henry Cole. S&S $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-83566-7
Actor and playwright Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy) turns a gimlet eye to Hans Christian Andersen in this ducky tale. Elmer, crowned by a wispy comb of feathers and wearing a pink backpack with daisies on it, is "one happy duckling doing all the
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Henry Cole. S&S/Little Simon, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4814-4225-1
Spot is a light-colored cat with a dark oval on his side, and he plays a lighthearted game of hide-and-seek in this wordless frolic. Cole (A Nest for Celeste) nestles the action in a picturesque, British-looking town, drawn in fine black line. The...
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Henry Cole. Peachtree, $16.95 (160p) ISBN 978-1-56145-866-0
“Flying is... amazing,” says Sammy Shine, a pet mouse turned test pilot, and the hero of this exuberant animal adventure. “You see the world as a leaf on top of the tallest tree would see it. You see the sky from edge to edge. You see how big things
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Henry Cole. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-288592-0
Like proverbial spring, this story begins with a song: “From the branch of an apple tree, a robin starts to sing.” Two robins meet and begin to build a nest. Eliding reproductive mechanics, Cole’s detailed story follows the birds as eggs are laid...
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Henry Cole. Peachtree, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-68263-653-4
In simple words and phrases that stand in for the Roman alphabet’s 26 letters, Cole (Carina Felina) runs readers through a crocodilian duo’s ups and downs. It all kicks off on the verso with A, older kid “Albert,” playing with building blocks. On...
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Henry Cole. Scholastic Press, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-338-35997-8
Cole’s story follows a paper bag from its forest origins to a factory, to a boy’s kitchen table, and into adulthood. At first, the brown lunch sack bears a single red heart, crayoned on by the child’s father, in closely worked ink spreads. As the...
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Henry Cole. Peachtree, $16.99 (144p) ISBN 978-1-68263-254-3
In this chirpy illustrated mystery, an intrepid homing pigeon teams up with a pampered parrot to solve a series of crimes. Curious racing homing pigeon Homer, the novel’s narrator, lives on a rooftop looked after by his boy Otto and Otto’s...
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Henry Cole. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-302574-5
Cole paints a portrait of an elementary school in distress when Principal Tate, the white hen in charge, runs late one morning. With visitors ranging from a state dietitian to disgruntled animalian parents lining up for appointments, the school...
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Henry Cole. Little Simon, $9.99 (26p) ISBN 978-1-66590-290-8
“Adventure awaits” canine and feline fans alike in this brief, exhilarating board book about two pets’ suburban explorations. Cole adeptly communicates action with single-word narration as a gray dog awakens (“sunrise”) and mirrors the yogic pose of
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