Judith Byron Schachner, Author . Dutton $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-46889-9
Expressive and bursting with life, Schachner's (Mr. Emerson's Cook) artwork sweeps readers into a story based, surprisingly, on a real incident involving her daughter. Emma has an imagination that won't quit, and when she has to prepare...
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Judy Schachner. Dutton, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-42228-0
School is not for cats—much to the chagrin of Skippyjon Jones. Taking on his Chihuahua persona, Skippito Friskito, he boards the bus (via the closet) bound for Barker Academy. At school, slobbery dogs eat crayons and glue, sleep on desktops, and...
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Judy Schachner. Dial, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3782-2
The rowdy Siamese cat (or “kitty boy”) with a Chihuahua
alter ego finds his latest calling as a circus performer. While practicing the trapeze in his bedroom closet, Skippyjon’s imagination whisks him away to the Big Top. There, he’s joined by his...
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Judy Schachner. Dial, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3788-4
Life goes on: the tiny kitten that materialized in Schachner’s The Grannyman is now full grown—and something of an “odd duck,” as the author puts it. Tink isn’t the smartest cat (“maybe it was because his brain was the size of a frozen pea”), but he
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Judy Schachner. Dial, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-4120-1
All grown up and newly out on his own, a hayseed raccoon named Dewey Bob Crockett sets out to build a life around his instincts for collecting and hoarding things. But even though Dewey Bob loves the thrill of the hunt—the sorting, the cleaning, and
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Judith Byron Schachner, Author, Judith Byron Schachner, Illustrator . Puffin $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-240403-4
The Siamese hero of this caper sleeps in a nest—with the birds—and is convinced that he's really a Chihuahua in disguise, and saves his pals from a giant Bumblebeeto Bandito. Ages 4-up. (Apr.)
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Judith Byron Schachner, Author, Judith Byron Schachner, Illustrator et al. Dial $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3152-3
Fourteen prominent picture book creators try their hands at knock-knocks in this follow-up to Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
Each contributor gets the front and back of a page for the “Knock, knock!/ Who’s there?” set-up and...
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Judith Byron Schachner, Author, Judith Byron Schachner, Illustrator . Dutton $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-47965-9
Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese kitten who thinks he's a Chihuahua, is also “nuts about Mars,” which he decides to visit via a trip to his closet. Passing through the constellations, the space-suited (really, it's a snowsuit)...
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Judith Byron Schachner, Author, Judith Byron Schachner, Illustrator Dutton Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-46122-7
The Siamese cat Simon may be getting on in years (""With the exception of his nose, most of his parts had stopped working long ago""), but this beloved family pet is enjoying a comfortable retirement. He spends his days dreaming of his long and...
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Judith Byron Schachner, Author, Judith Byron Schachner, Illustrator Dutton Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-45884-5
Schachner (Willy and May) creates a vivid introduction to the venerable New England philosopher through the eyes of Annie Burns, the Irish immigrant girl who comes to cook for him and his family. Upon her arrival, Annie confesses, ""I've led many a...
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