Holly Keller, Author Greenwillow Books $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-12005-4
With its drolly understated humor, this book offers a fresh, appealing variation on the theme of an older sibling adjusting to a new baby. Of course it helps that the heroine here is the captivatingly strong-willed Geraldine, whose personality is...
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Holly Keller, Author Greenwillow Books $15 (24p) ISBN 978-0-688-15995-5
Jacob is tired of being ""too small,"" unable to keep up with his older siblings. The little bear takes his vitamins, drinks his milk, waits and waits, and still, according to the mark on the elm tree in his yard, he doesn't grow. Keller (Brave...
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Holly Keller, Author Mulberry Books $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-13617-8
A boy finds a baby flamingo and restores it to health with the help of a nurse and a kind older man; PW termed the watercolors ``positively dazzling to the eye.'' Ages 4-up. (Oct.)
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Holly Keller, Author Greenwillow Books $16 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-10579-2
Aglow with the brilliant colors of the Caribbean landscape, Keller's ( Goodbye, Max ; Horace ) watercolor paintings positively dazzle the eye. Her crisply defined, unadorned scenes portray the rich blue of the sky, the glimmering turquoise of the...
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Holly Keller, Author Greenwillow Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-08150-8
It isn't easy being in the middle. Hand-me-down clothing, last year's Halloween costume, and missing all the special privileges that seem to go with being oldest or youngest leaves middle-child Maxine feeling left out and unloved. Christmas dinner...
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Holly Keller, Author Greenwillow Books $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-07319-0
Rosie, eight, is hoping to visit her grandmother in the hospital, but she falls two years short of the visitor age requirement. With the help of friend Kate, she tries to dress herself to look older, but when she is questioned by the hospital staff,
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Holly Keller, Author Greenwillow Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-06124-1
Everyone gets invitations to Kate's party. Everyone, it seems, but Lizzie. She offers Kate carrot sticks, hoping that she'll be invited after all, but all Kate gives her are raisins. On the day of the party it rains and Lizzie still feels terrible....
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Holly Keller, Author Greenwillow Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-06561-4
Author/illustrator Keller has the uncanny ability to tell an emotion-packed story with simplicity and directness. As in Geraldine's Blanket, the main character has lost something that cannot be replaced. In this story, Ben's dog Max has died the...
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Holly Keller, Author Greenwillow Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-05988-0
Joey, too young to read the tag on a big package from Grandma that says ""to Joey,'' has to ask Mama about it. She replies, ``Drink your milk,'' so Joey knows it's for him. She puts it away, but Joey can't resist; he hunts for it, opens it and finds
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Holly Keller, Author Greenwillow Books $15 (26p) ISBN 978-0-688-07513-2
Rumor that a a big storm is on the way has Geraldine preparing for a foot of snow. She has her sled down and her boots by the door. Outside, her neighbors are also getting ready: buying food, checking out library books and filling up the bird feeder.
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Holly Keller, Author Mulberry Books $4.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-688-16164-4
Excited when the weather report predicts a snowstorm, Keller's series heroine, a saucy pink pig, ""is full of her usual high spirits,"" said PW. Ages 3-up. (Oct.)
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Holly Keller, Author Greenwillow Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-078758-5
Keller's (Farfallina & Marcel) slim yet cheery tale introduces a fox with a knack for sniffing out missing things. Rose finds Meadow's lost dress-up lipstick (""It smells red""), Spike's new baseball and her mother's handkerchief, which ""smelled...
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Holly Keller, Author . Greenwillow $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-123913-7
As this straightforward, genial tale begins, Hedgehog discovers Mouse covering himself with leaves, trying to hide from their friend Snake. Why? “Fox told Skunk and Skunk told me that snakes are very dangerous to mice,” Mouse explains....
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Holly Keller, Author . HarperCollins/Greenwillow $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-056282-3
As she did in Farfallina & Marcel
, Keller here shapes an affecting portrait of a friendship between two very different creatures. Caruso is a bird who lives with his parents in a shed atop a tall city building. "The sky is so big.... Do I...
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Holly Keller, Author . HarperCollins/Greenwillow $15.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-06-051479-2
Keller's (Farfallina & Marcel
) satisfying story introduces Henry and Wizzie, young rabbit siblings whose cousin Newton comes to visit. When Mama asks Henry to take Newton's hat and coat, the visitor refuses to relinquish the former, a...
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Holly Keller, Author . HarperCollins/ Greenwillow $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-623932-3
Keller (Cecil's Garden) introduces a caterpillar and gosling in a deceptively simple story of friendship and transformation. They meet in a rain shower one day: " 'Hey,' said a little voice./ 'You're eating my umbrella,"
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Holly Keller, Author, Holly Keller, Illustrator . HarperCollins/Greenwillow $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-029593-6
The grass isn't always greener, family-wise, Cecil the rabbit discovers. Frustrated that he and his two siblings can't agree on what to plant in their garden, he visits other animal families and realizes that things could be worse. Whenever...
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Holly Keller, Author, Holly Keller, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-09831-5
Horace is adopted. He is also spotted, and he is loved and cared for by his new mother and father--who are striped. But, as is frequently the case with adopted children who are ``different'' (``My spots are silly. . . and I'm all the wrong colors''),
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Holly Keller, Author, Holly Keller, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-12339-0
To create this delicate yet penetrating book, Keller ( Horace ; Island Baby ) drew from her experience working on a project called Saving Cranes in Vietnam. Her prologue explains that the Sarus crane, a Vietnamese symbol of long life and happy...
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Holly Keller, Author, Holly Keller, Illustrator . HarperCollins/ Greenwillow $15.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-06-056280-9
In this cunning caper, Keller (Farfallina & Marcel
) introduces a humorously headstrong young rabbit who receives a pair of ice skates for her birthday. "They're real ones... not double runners," Pearl proudly announces to her...
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Holly Keller, Author, Holly Keller, Illustrator . HarperTrophy $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-443872-8
PW
wrote in our Best Books citation, "In this charming tale, a caterpillar and a gosling meet in a rain shower one day and become best friends. Keller's warmhearted ending remains true to both nature and friendship that lasts through the...
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