Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder, illus. by Mary GrandPré. Crown, $15.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-385-39228-0
In this series launch, Yep (the Dragon quartet), collaborating for the first time with his wife, Ryder (Won’t You Be My Kissaroo?), again conjures up a world where dragons and humans interact, and the results are heartwarming and quite funny. Miss...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Carol Lacey, Illustrator Morrow Junior Books $16 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-08109-6
According to legend, the great white bears at the North Pole once spent all their time swimming in icy waters. Not until one adventurous bear swims to ``the place the sea touched the sky'' does everything change. All the way to the moon, this bear...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Carol Schwartz, Illustrator Morrow Junior Books $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-07059-5
On a slow Friday afternoon in science class, a girl gazes into the fish tank, ``where lacy fish / circle mossy towers / and brown snails hug / the glassy walls.'' Her concentration cedes to dreams ``of waves, / of water swirling / higher and higher /
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Susan Estelle Kwas, Illustrator , illus. by Susan Estelle Kwas. HarperCollins $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-027738-3
Softly hued backdrops contrast with vividly colored birds that flit and dart across the pages while Ryder's (Mouse Tail Moon) poetic prose beats out a rhythm to match their quick, fluttery movements. "Wild birds dip/ from sky to twig to...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Melissa Sweet, Illustrator , illus. by Melissa Sweet. Harcourt/Gulliver $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-202641-7
With tender rhyming couplets, winsome watercolors and a title that's the very definition of the proverbial offer you can't refuse, Ryder and Sweet (previously paired for A House by the Sea
) catalogue the many different smooches shared by...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Melissa Sweet, Illustrator Morrow Junior Books $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-12675-9
As he frolics in the surf with one of his friends and his dog, a boy imagines the fun to be had if he could live in a little house by the sea. Sweet's airy watercolors capture the breezy wistfulness of a ``what if'' fantasy, as well as play up the...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Maggie Kneen, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6404-9
Written from the perspective of a white-footed mouse, Joanne Ryder's Mouse Tail Moon, illus. by Maggie Kneen, presents 18 poems that follow the creature's adventures from dusk in ""Sunberry"" to dawn, when he wishes readers a ""day fair and warm""
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Steven Kellogg, Illustrator , illus. by Steven Kellogg. HarperCollins $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-027955-4
As Ryder's (Each Living Thing) rollicking rhythm makes clear, it's hoe-down time in the forest, and troupes of gussied-up bears arrive by hot-air balloon to cavort and caper by the light of the full moon. The bears believe everyone needs to...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Joan Ryder, Author, Lynne Cherry, Illustrator Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-050891-8
A captivating story about a boy who shrinks to the size of a snail and experiences the world from that perspective. Ages 3-8. (May)
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Peter Catalanotto, Illustrator , illus. by Peter Catalanotto. HarperCollins $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-029509-7
Ryder (My Father's Hands
) pays tribute to unconditional maternal love with this book that exudes a fondness and warmth for a childhood relationship that transcends time. By portraying a girl's daily exchanges with her mother, the author...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Mark Graham, Illustrator HarperCollins $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-09189-7
In this loving tribute, a girl watches her father as he tends a garden--as well as its wiggling, sliding, bumbling and graceful creatures. He opens his cupped, earth-encrusted hands to reveal a ``pink circle of worm,'' a beetle ``shining in gold...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Dennis Nolan, Illustrator Four Winds $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-777961-5
This companion book to Ryder and Nolan's Step into the Night is, like its predecessor, a naturalist's delight. A girl is awakened by a mockingbird's song: ``I am here. I am here. Happy day! Happy day! '' As she walks through the woods, and near a...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Dennis Nolan, Illustrator Four Winds $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-02-777955-4
Like their Step into the Night and Mockingbird Morning , Ryder and Nolan's quiet picture book portrays a child observing natural wonders. This time Ryder asks readers to be aware of creatures who live under the earth's surface--moles, worms,...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Dennis Nolan, Illustrator, Dennis Nolan, Photographer Four Winds $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-777951-6
Ryder ( Inside the Turtle's Shell and The Night Flight ) artfully blends poetry and science in this richly illustrated book about a girl who stands ``like a shadow / against a tall dark tree . . . to see the night begin.'' As ``a chunk of moon /...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Norman Gorbaty, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-2678-8
""Stretch your arms out wide and slowly spin around,"" encourages the narrator of Ryder's (The Snail's Spell) somewhat uneven environmental ode, in which the reader imagines him or herself as Earth. Certain passages resonate with poetic imagery (""Yo
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Norman Gorbaty, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $8.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6231-1
A poem asks readers to imagine themselves as the earth; PW singled out the ""powerful"" artwork, saying that it ""captures a world charged with energy and drama."" Ages 3-8. (May)
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Keiko Narahashi, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6236-6
Using a theme she explored for slightly older children in Step into the Night and Mockingbird Morning, Ryder's child-centered lyric poem identifies the riches to be found on a walk through a field. ""There are treasures to see/ hiding all around me,"
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Liz Van Doren, Editor, Ashley Wolff, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-201898-6
As Wolff depicts a rainbow of children observing life in seven different idyllic habitats (ranging from a seashore to an impeccably manicured park), Ryder (Earthdance) serenades her audience on the importance of respecting nature. The rhyming text,...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, World-Famous San Diego Zoo, Photographer Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-84310-5
The first giant panda cub ever to survive in captivity in the Western Hemisphere takes center stage in Little Panda by Joanne Ryder, with photographs that follow her from a ""pink and pale"" cub to the thriving black-and-white Hua Mei (her name...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Susan Winter, Illustrator , illus. by Susan Winter. S&S $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-83164-5
Perhaps an old dog can't be taught new tricks, but the elderly hound who narrates Ryder's (Each Living Thing) tale seems perfectly happy playing mentor to a gray kitten. It's a beautiful day in the country, and the dog offers to take the
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Amy Schwartz, Author, Amy Schwartz, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-82150-9
A city child dreams of flying over rooftops and befriending the goldfish in the park pond. ""Ryder's breezy telling should amuse beginning readers,"" said PW. Ages 5-8. (July)
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Margie Moore, Illustrator , illus. by Margie Moore. S&S $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-85947-2
During a sunny day together, a parent bear (the gender is never specified) tells its cub all the ways in which the little one is "the bear of my heart, dear,/ and I am the one who loves you." These include telling many stories, seeing...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Judith Lopez, Illustrator Sierra Club Books for Children $15.45 (1p) ISBN 978-0-87156-578-5
Stretching its tiny wings, a hummingbird wakes to a new day's warmth. As he darts around the sunlight, his throat flashes iridescent colors. In Lopez and Ryder's careful observation, the frenetic bird slows down enough for readers to track his...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Ryder, Author, Betsy Lewin, Illustrator Troll Communications $3.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8167-3009-4
In a format strikingly similar to that of Miriam Cohen's first-grade-class stories, Ryder's First Grade Is the Best series features a cluster of sunny children and their amiable teacher, Miss Lee. In the opener, Hello , the pupils fall in love with...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Victor Lee, Illustrator HarperCollins $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-688-14128-8
If Ryder adheres closely to the ground for Each Living Thing (reviewed above), she takes to the sky for this lyrical science lesson cloaked in a winged fantasy. A digital illustrator and designer, Lee (Where Did All the Dragons Go?) prominently...
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Joanne Ryder, Author, Michael Rothman, Illustrator Morrow Junior Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-07174-5
This first entry in a promising new Just for a Day series delves into the world of the white bear. As with her other books, such as Step into the Night and Mockingbird Morning , Ryder tells a highly imaginative story that is scientifically accurate.
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