Lesley Harker, Illustrator, Jane Taylor, Author . Scholastic/Chicken House $15.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-439-29656-4
A favorite nursery song inspires a fanciful trip through time. Using only the lyrics as text, Harker (Someone, Somewhere) serves up merry watercolors in a rainbow of pale hues. These follow a contemporary boy and his younger sister, stroller and...
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Jannat Messenger, Author, Jane Taylor, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $11.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-689-71136-7
The afternoon fades, twilight descends and the dark of night settles over a snug, stucco house, which is viewed at first from a distance, then up close. The last spread is a pop up of a child's room. All the while a small light blinks through the...
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Jane Taylor, Author, Sylvia Long, Author Chronicle Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8118-2854-3
Youngsters well know the opening lines of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Sylvia Long revisits the classic and includes the traditional verses ""When the blazing sun is gone,/ When he nothing shines upon,/ Then you show/ your little light,/ ...
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Jane Taylor, Author, Michael Hague, Illustrator Morrow Junior Books $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-11168-7
Intricately detailed, Victorian-style illustrations highlight this version of the beloved nursery tune, originally published in 1806. (The song, including its lesser-known later verses, comprises the book's entire text.) It seems a somewhat curious...
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