John Prater, Author Viking Children's Books $9.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-80952-3
An enormous, mysterious package arrives for a boy and a girl, who eagerly open it. Disappointed to find two sensible chairs, the children turn to the box that held the chairs and climb in. The box lifts off the ground, and what follows is a fanciful
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John Prater, Author Barron's Educational Series $16.95 (92p) ISBN 978-0-7641-5344-0
The Big Baby Bear Book by John Prater offers a comforting amalgam of nursery rhymes, poems and traditional songs. Five sections, organized by familiar themes (""Out and About"" features ""Row, Row, Row Your Boat""; ""Bedtime"" includes ""Twinkle,
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John Prater, Author Barron's Educational Series $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7641-2304-7
In Hold Tight! by John Prater, Baby Bear-in his sixth starring role-wonders, why do the laundry when there's fun to be had? The young hero imagines a box first as an airplane, then a train. ""Want to come?"" he asks Grandbear. ""Hold tight!""...
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John Prater, Author, Linda, Editor Barron's Educational Series $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7641-5668-7
As John Prater's series heroes Baby Bear and Grandbear prepare for the holiday in Is It Christmas?, Baby Bear wonders who their ""special visitors"" will turn out to be.
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John Prater, Author, Vivian French, Author, John Prater, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56402-037-6
When Joe flatly refuses to go shopping with his parents, they suggest some alternate destinations--a visit to a wicked witch, perhaps (``She'll make you eat disgusting things, / Like snake and spider stew, / Or slug and worm spaghetti-- / Is that...
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John Prater, Author, Vivian French, Author, John Prater, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56402-177-9
A refreshingly simple concept and clever delivery yield a lively picture book perfectly pitched to preschoolers. A boy and his parents move to a new house where it seems there's ``Not much to do. / Not much to see.'' Careful scrutiny of the pictures,
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John Prater, Author, Vivian French, Author, John Prater, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $14.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-56402-563-0
Although its circus theme is run-of-the-mill, this book stands out for its strong panel art. In consecutive spreads, clumsy young Harry introduces his big-top family-his trapeze-artist mother and father, his juggling sister, his unicycling grandpa...
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