Joanna Cole, Author Scholastic $0 (26p) ISBN 978-0-590-40919-3
""Five sleepy elephants/ Tucked in big bunk beds./ Whisper softly everyone/ Don't wake those sleepyheads.'' There are also sleepy dogs, polar bears, possums, mice, tigers, etc., in numbers from 1 to 10. The rhyming text is simple and understated,...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Kate Duke, Illustrator T.Y. Crowell Junior Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-690-04809-4
From the author and illustrator of It's Too Noisy! comes this sprightly retelling of a folktale about a woman who ``would always tell every secret, no matter how big or how small.'' Dressed in her long frock and bonnet, the effervescent Emma walks...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Kate Duke, Illustrator, Kate Duke, Photographer HarperCollins Publishers $5.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-443292-4
Emma's ever-wagging tongue ``drove her husband crazy''--but winds up saving their homestead in this sly cautionary tale. Ages 5-8. (May)
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Joanna Cole, Author, Paul Meisel, Illustrator, Stacey Schett, With Grosset & Dunlap $14.95 (44p) ISBN 978-0-399-22123-1
The author of the Magic School Bus series steps off Ms. Frizzle's zany vehicle, slows her pace and steers her imaginative teaching techniques toward gentler paths. Here, as in her acclaimed series, illustrations and text vibrate as though from a...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Margaret Miller, Illustrator, Magaret M. Miller, Photographer Morrow Junior Books $10.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-688-06105-0
In the same matter-of-fact, reassuring tone as in Cole's How You Were Born , she introduces toddlers and parents to the fundamentals of toilet training. The book begins with a helpful introduction for parents that briefly but thoroughly covers such...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Mary K. Brown, Illustrator Scholastic $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-41591-0
In three short stories, the Coles reveal the sweet, goofy existences of two guys--are they brothers, daffy uncle and nephew, father and son? It doesn't matter. When Little Goof wants a pet and gets a turtle, they read in a library book that a dog...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Mary K. Brown, Illustrator, Philip Cole, With Scholastic $3.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-41592-7
Goofy indeed are these three tales, in which the eponymous characters get a pet, mix up the seasons and seem to exchange their sizes. Ages 5-8. (June)
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Joanna Cole, Author, Stephanie Calmenson, Author, Ann Schweninger, Illustrator Doubleday Books for Young Readers $19.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-385-18560-8
Veteran compiler Cole again teams up with Calmenson ( The Laugh Book ) to produce a lively and surprisingly inclusive treasury. Directed to the preschooler, the collection is varied enough to match the developing interests and abilities of children...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Aliki, Illustrator Crowell $13.95 (31p) ISBN 978-0-690-04596-3
In another superior entry in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out science series, two well-respected creators of children's books are paired in a comprehensible and interesting introduction to a difficult theory. Cole's exposition begins with a farmer...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Lynn M. Munsinger, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $3.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-394-88668-8
In this Step into Reading book, Norma Jean, kangaroo, jumps past her friends on the way to school. And her jumping gets in the way of playshe knocks down frog Neal'stower of blocks, spills pig Sara's milk, bounces Ted the bear off the seesaw and...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Gail Gibbons, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-446052-1
Commenting on this look at cars and the parts that make them work, PW called it ""factual and entertaining information. Brightly colored pictures and diagrams, laced with humor, provide graphic fun.'' (5-9)
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Joanna Cole, Author, Alaric Cole, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator Scholastic $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-40760-1
Solid science-cum-wackiness is the hallmark of this nonfiction series. Ages 6-9.
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Joanna Cole, Author, Margaret Miller, Illustrator, Margaret Miller, Photographer HarperCollins $7.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-12061-0
Revised in 1993, this photo-essay describes a baby's conception, fetal development and eventual birth. PW called Miller's photographs ``models of sensitivity and frankness.'' Ages 4-up. (May)
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Joanna Cole, Author, Bruce Degen, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator Scholastic $15.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-590-44680-8
Fans of The Magic School Bus will enjoy Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Ancient Egypt by Joanna Cole, illus. by Bruce Degen. In this, the first of a new social studies/history series, the offbeat educator takes a vacation and winds up taking over her ...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Bruce Degen, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator Scholastic $6.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-590-41431-9
In a starred review, PW praised ``this fanciful yet scientifically accurate romp'' in which ``weighty information is buoyantly supported by energetic, cartoony illustrations.'' Ages 6-9. (July)
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Joanna Cole, Author, Michele LeMieux, Illustrator Morrow Junior Books $14 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-06502-7
Cole lovingly re-creates the story of the young man from Assisi who turned his back on his parents' wealth in order to be closer to God. This moving portrait of Brother Francis's selfless way of life, his concerns for those less fortunate than...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Maxie Chambliss, Illustrator HarperCollins $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-17044-8
Joanna Cole addresses separation issues for youngest children in When Mommy and Daddy Go to Work, also illus. by Chambliss. During her time at day care, the child narrator imagines what her parents are doing while she paints pictures, eats lunch...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Maxie Chambliss, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $6.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-050499-1
Also adding to their series for the very young, Joanna Cole once again teams up with Maxie Chambliss for Sharing Is Fun (a companion to When Mommy and Daddy Go to Work; How I Was Adopted). Andrew's friends Emily and Joshua visit him for a play date.
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Joanna Cole, Author, Maxie Chambliss, Illustrator HarperCollins $16.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-11929-4
Cole's (The Magic School Bus series; How You Were Born) cheerful, informative approach to adoption is at the heart of this picture book, which not only meets special needs but is perfect for sharing in any family. Young Samantha, who directs her...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Maxie Chambliss, Illustrator HarperCollins $7.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-17043-1
When You Were Inside Mommy by Joanna Cole, illus. by Maxie Chambliss, also explains pregnancy and childbirth in language young children can understand and presents pertinent details in a matter-of-fact manner. Chambliss's palette in soft tones of
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Joanna Cole, Author, Maxie Chambliss, Illustrator HarperCollins $6.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-17055-4
In a starred review, PW commended the cheerful and informative approach to adoption in a book that is ""perfect for sharing in any family."" Ages 4-up. (Sept.)
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Joanna Cole, Author, Jeni Bassett, Illustrator Scholastic $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40920-9
Children will be lulled to sleep by counting a menagerie of drowsy animals in this rhyming bedtime book. Ages 3-6. (Dec.)
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Joanna Cole, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator , illus. by Bruce Degen. Scholastic Press $16.99 (37p) ISBN 978-0-590-10826-3
In another humorous outing, Ms. Frizzle's class returns to get “really up-to-date information” on global warming for their school play. Readers follow as the kids travel to the Arctic to see melting ice, view worldwide effects of...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator Scholastic Inc. $15.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-590-41430-2
In her zany approach to science, Ms. Frizzle literally immerses her students in a sea of knowledge. Expecting a normal, end-of-the-year beach day, the class is shocked when ``the Friz'' drives the school bus through the parking lot, over the beach (w
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Joanna Cole, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator Scholastic Inc. $15.95 (56p) ISBN 978-0-590-44688-4
Readers eager to hop aboard Ms. Frizzle's bus for another junket will not be disappointed by this latest expedition. It's visitor's day at school and the students have turned the classroom into Dinosaur Land, but the impulsive teacher nevertheless...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator Scholastic Inc. $15.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-590-41428-9
Cole and Degen have already escorted young readers on three enlightening, boisterous rides on the magic school bus--in explorations of the human body, waterworks and the inside of the Earth. This latest expedition, on which the energetic Miss...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator Scholastic $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40361-0
Cole combines science and whimsy to create an entertaining story, filled with facts about drinking water. Ms. Frizzle doesn't take her class on mundane field trips. To study the waterworks, she loads them into a magic schoolbus that carries them to...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator Scholastic Press $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-10820-1
Everyone's favorite teacher from the Magic School Bus leads a host of new titles that educate and entertain. In the second entry in a new historical series (the first was Ancient Egypt), Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Medieval Castle by Joanna Cole,...
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Joanna Cole, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator Scholastic $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-41427-2
Ms. Frizzle shepherds her reluctant students through the human body in a book that is as fancifully conceived as it is educational. Ages 6-9. (Nov.)
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Joanna Cole, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator Scholastic $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-40360-3
An eccentric teacher takes her class on an adventure through the city waterworks and teaches science painlessly. Ages 6-9. (March)
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Joanna Cole, Author, Bruce Degen, Illustrator , illus. by Bruce Degen. Scholastic $6.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-590-44681-5
"Fans of the Magic School bus will enjoy the first of this social studies/history series, in which the offbeat educator takes a vacation and winds up taking over her Cairo-bound tour group," wrote PW. Ages 6-9. (July)
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Stephanie Calmenson and Joanna Cole, illus. by Heather Ross. Holt/Ottaviano, $12.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9645-3
Frequent collaborators Calmenson and Cole begin the Ready Set, Dogs! series with a peppy story that takes the notion of dog-loving kids to the extreme. Best friends Kate and Lucie are obsessed with dogs, but live in an apartment complex that...
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