Jeanne Modesitt, Author, Lonni S. Johnson, Illustrator, Lonni Sue Johnson, With Picture Book Studio Ltd $14.95 (26p) ISBN 978-0-88708-105-7
Sick and tired of being last all the time, and after receiving little support from the other letters, the letter Z marches off in a huff to start her own alphabet. Things are not the same without Z: planes oom and ig-ag across the sky, ebras kick up
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Jeanne Modesitt, Author, Robin Spowart, Joint Author, Jeanne Modesitt, Illustrator Boyds Mills Press $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56397-868-5
The team behind Little Bunny's Easter Surprise join up for another holiday outing, 1, 2, 3, Valentine's Day by Jeanne Modesitt, illus. by Robin Spowart. The counting book follows Mister Mouse as he delivers gifts door to door (""Three big ...
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Jeanne Modesitt, Author, Robin Spowart, Illustrator , illus. by Robin Spowart. S&S/Aladdin $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-84895-7
Little Bunny is eager to give her family the holiday surprises she has made for them, in a story PW
called "just right for tucking into an Easter basket." Ages 2-6. (Jan.)
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Jeanne Modesitt, Author, Robin Spowart, Illustrator MacMillan Publishing Company $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-767630-3
Theodore and Elsie are two rabbits in trouble; their carrot sack is empty on their first day in their new house, and the food market is closed. They resort to the kindness of strangerstheir new neighbors. The wide-eyed squirrel doesn't ""eat...
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Jeanne Modesitt, Author, Robin Spowart, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-671-75437-2
Although this bunny tale never ventures far beyond its warren in terms of creativity, it does realize its own worthy purpose: promoting acceptance and, indeed, love of oneself, rabbit warts and all. Little Bunny asks his mother if she had one wish,...
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Jeanne Modesitt, Author, Robin Spowart, Illustrator Bridgewater Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8167-3388-0
More like an hors d'oeuvre than a five-course meal, this slight story will leave most readers hankering for a little substance. A girl describes serving lunch to her grown-up friend, Milly, only to realize mid-meal that she has prepared no dessert. `
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Jeanne Modesitt, Author, Robin Spowart, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82491-3
Softly smudged colored-pencil illustrations in an array of Easter egg hues warm this affectionate holiday tale. On Easter morning, after receiving a basket from her parents, Little Bunny is eager to surprise her family with the three baskets she has
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Jeanne Modesitt, Author, Robin Spowart, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-84342-6
The bunny family previously convened for Little Bunny's Easter Surprise gathers once more for Little Bunny's Christmas Tree by Jeanne Modesitt, illus. by Robin Spowart. Here they choose a just-right tree for the holiday.
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Jeanne Modesitt, Author, Robin Spowart, Illustrator Scholastic $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-44835-2
The latest offering from the creators of Night Call and Vegetable Soup seems more like a pep talk on self-esteem (``There is no such thing as a right or wrong feeling'') than a fully realized picture book. There is no linear narrative, and readers...
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Jeanne Modesitt, Author, Robin Spowart, Illustrator Holiday House $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1451-2
Like the rabbits of the husband-and-wife team's Little Bunny's Easter Surprise, a family of mice gathers to celebrate a holiday. Spowart's fuzzy art is even more tender than usual, but the rhyming couplets, meant to demonstrate Hanukkah festivities,
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