Jane O’Connor. Morrow, $14.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-124094-2
O’Connor’s droll second romantic suspenser featuring incorrigibly curious Manhattan copy editor Miranda “Rannie” Bookman (after 2007’s Dangerous Admissions) finds the divorced mother of two barely scraping by on freelance assignments from friends...
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Jane O'Connor, Author . Avon A $13.95 (353p) ISBN 978-0-06-124086-7
Wielding “her weapon of choice, a lethally sharpened Cole-erase blue pencil,” Miranda “Rannie” Bookman makes a dynamic sleuth in O'Connor's lively romantic suspense debut. The plucky freelance copyeditor and single...
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Jane O'Connor, Author, Laurie Struck Long, Illustrator Grosset & Dunlap $5.99 (62p) ISBN 978-0-448-40160-7
The Here Comes the Brownies series opens with two straightforward but sensitive stories. In the first book, Corrie has just moved to a new town and hesitantly joins a Brownie Girl Scout troop, where she finds friendship and camaraderie. The second...
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Jane O'Connor, Author, Robert O'Connor, Author, Megan Lloyd, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $11.95 (64p) ISBN 978-0-06-024594-8
Long after his spaceship has departed, Chuck Cluck hatches on earth. Mrs. Cluck raises Chuck with her own chicks, but everyone notices he is different--Chuck is bigger, hungrier and stronger. When the alien bungles about the coop, the other chicks...
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Jane O'Connor, Author, Jessie Hartland, Illustrator Grosset & Dunlap $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-448-42519-1
The Smart About Art series continues with Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors by Jane O'Connor, illus. by Jessie Hartland. Presented and organized in the style of a grade-school report (and written from the perspective of the fictitious ""Keesie
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Jane O'Connor, Author, Jessie Hartland, Joint Author , illus. by Jessie Hartland. Viking $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03614-1
Two paws up for this lively canine compendium, which introduces kids to a kennel's worth of dog breeds. Undecided about what kind of dog he wants, a boy surveys the pups owned by his friends and relatives. There's Dollface, a bulldog...
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Jane O’Connor, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. Harper, $9.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-06-208293-0
Fancy Nancy pirouettes into middle-grade territory with the launch of a mystery series that has her emulating another famous Nancy—Nancy Drew. The stylish sleuth assumes the role with élan, dressed for the job in a pink trench coat and sunglasses,...
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Jane O'Connor, Author, Robin Preiss Glasser, Illustrator , illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. HarperCollins $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-054209-2
With exuberance, élan and lots of heart, O'Connor (the Nina, Nina Ballerina books) and Glasser (A Is for Abigail
) prove that the bosom of the family has ample room for even the most outré individualist. Channeling the spirits of...
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Jane O'Connor, Author, Robin Preiss Glasser, Illustrator , illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. Harper $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-123590-0
The world has never seemed fancier to Nancy than at Christmas: there's abundant snow, the house is decked out in lights and, on Christmas Eve, Nancy has a special angel tree topper to hang. The trouble is, Christmas Eve comes with a lot of...
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Jane O'Connor, Author, Robin Preiss Glasser, Illustrator , illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. HarperCollins $12.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-154923-6
Kids even slightly drawn to sesquipedalianism (the use of long words) will love these logodaedalian (verbally clever) vocabulary books.
Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words: From Accessories to Zany
Jane O'Connor
, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser....
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Jane O'Connor, Author, Robin Preiss Glasser, Illustrator , illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. HarperCollins $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-054213-9
Fancy Nancy fans will loudly cheer her return and will be happy to discover that she has not lost a lick of her joie de vivre—or her glitter and glam. "I am ecstatic. (That's a fancy word for happy)," she announces, explaining that
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Jane O'Connor, Author, S. D. Schindler, Illustrator , illus. by S.D. Schindler. Putnam $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-24242-7
In this enticing, snappily written tale-within-a-tale, O'Connor (Fancy Nancy
) introduces two Victorian families, each consisting of a mama, papa, boy, girl and baby. The first family lives in a sprawling, turreted house on whose parlor mantel...
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Jane O'Connor, Author, Emily Arnold McCully, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $13 (64p) ISBN 978-0-06-024628-0
In this I Can Read sequel to Lulu and the Witch Baby, Lulu is off to witch school with her broom and Dracula lunch box. Her teacher, Miss Slime, is pretty, with a long nose and wart on her chin. She teaches everyone to fly around in the graveyard,...
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Jane O'Connor, Author, Gary Hovland, Illustrator , illus. by Gary Hovland. S&S/Wiseman $16.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-689-86863-4
A real estate ad for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on the opening page sets the tone of O'Connor's (The Emperor's Silent Army
) anecdotal, chronological rundown of the White House's inhabitants, highlighting facts and trivia related to...
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Jane O'Connor, Author, Ann James, Illustrator , illus. by Ann James. Viking $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-06216-4
T
he likable young narrator of O'Connor's (Fancy Nancy
) buoyant tale first admits what she can't do: “I can't skip. I wish I could. Other kids are really good.” But she is mighty proud of what she can
do: “I...
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Jessie Hartland, Author, Jane O'Connor, Author, Jessie Hartland, Illustrator , illus. by Hartland. Puffin $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-240335-8
PW
wrote in a starred review, "For its boundlessly energetic images, its down-to-earth tone and its smart advice, this book wins Best in Show." Ages 3-up. (July)
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Robert O'Connor, Author, Jane O'Connor, Author, Megan Lloyd, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $3.75 (64p) ISBN 978-0-06-444162-9
Faster than a speeding rooster! Able to leap tall chicken coops in a single bound! It's lovable mega-hero Super Cluck, portrayed here for early readers in simple yet exciting text and vibrant, comical artwork. Ages 5-8. (Feb.)
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Jill Abramson and Jane O’Connor, illus. by Deborah Melmon. Viking, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-01441-5
Co-written by sisters, this book is drawn from the blog and subsequent adult book, The Puppy Diaries, by New York Times executive editor and devoted dog owner Abramson. Like O’Connor’s Fancy Nancy, Scout is a self-assured hero, as evidenced by the...
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Jane O’Connor, illus. by Andrew Joyner. Flamingo, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-20563-1
We are all capable of growth—just ask former baby and now “big boy” George, portrayed with light brown skin. As a toddler, George pulled the dog’s tail and engaged in “throwing food and mushing it on my face”; now, though, he’s the “best helper,”...
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