Judith Caseley, Author Greenwillow Books $12.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-688-08433-2
Caseley's verbose presentation centers around two precocious first cousins, Jenny and Jessica, and their parents' unwillingness to accept their inherent talents. (Jenny loves ballet dancing and hates her art lessons, while Jessica prefers painting...
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Judith Caseley, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $17 (240p) ISBN 978-0-374-34665-2
Told from the point of view of a younger sister, this drama depicting the effects of teen pregnancy on a family reveals a keen authorial intelligence, but its weaknesses ultimately outweigh its promise. Caseley (Kisses) deftly introduces a raft of...
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Judith Caseley, Author HarperTrophy $4.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-16092-0
A boy's parents refuse to let him have a furry or feathered pet, but allow him to pet-sit for a pea-eating iguana. Ages 3-up. (Sept.)
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Judith Caseley, Author Greenwillow Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-13305-4
``It's not the same as home.... It's not the same family,'' says Priscilla, who is trying to understand her parents' divorce. And even her two sets of toys, books and clothes can't replace what she has lost-her sense of family and place. Readers are
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Judith Caseley, Author HarperTrophy $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-12548-6
These larky tales deftly blend humor with true-to-life sibling interaction; PW said, ``Children will immediately enter into the adventures of the warmhearted Kane family.'' Ages 8-up. (May)
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Judith Caseley, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-83394-9
In the words of 15-year-old Zoe Cohen, her father's accident (he drove his car into a tree) marked ``the ominous beginning.'' Things slip from bad to worse: severely depressed, Mr. Cohen quits his job, stays in bed most of the day and grows more and
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Judith Caseley, Author Greenwillow Books $14 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-09394-5
``Sam and Laura liked noise. Lots of noise.'' And these two young friends are adept at making it. Lots of it. They imitate animals when in each other's homes and make drum noises at the library; at a restaurant they clink cups, spoons--and even...
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Judith Caseley, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $3.5 (192p) ISBN 978-0-679-82672-9
When a shy 15-year-old girl begins receiving mysterious love notes, can Mr. Right be far away? Ages 12-up. (June)
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Judith Caseley, Author Greenwillow Books $13.95 (106p) ISBN 978-0-688-10027-8
Harry Kane's kindergarten year brings some big changes to his life, including his family's move from an apartment to a house. To smooth this transition, Harry's father buys him a small turtle, which later meets its demise when it goes through the...
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Judith Caseley, Author Greenwillow Books $12.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-688-09065-4
Annie, an articulate toddler who certainly looks and sounds as though she is well beyond the diaper-wearing stage, has no interest in using her new potty. When her mother offers her a new pair of grown-up underpants with rabbits on them, Annie...
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Judith Caseley, Author Greenwillow Books $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-029584-4
Sparked by a school assignment, a boy and his mother keep track of the people and places in the neighborhood in On the Town: A Community Adventure by Judith Caseley. The child's notebook entries appear throughout in lively watercolor, colored...
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Judith Caseley, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-80166-5
This novel focuses on the romantic quandaries of a 16-year-old violinist. Although Hannah Gold has plenty of dates, none of them are with the right boy. First there is Lance with his clammy palms; then there is George, gallant but boring; and Hannah'
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Judith Caseley, Author Greenwillow Books $11.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-688-07742-6
So that she may play in the school's ``bandestra''--a band that includes string instruments--Ada takes up the cello. Her father dons earmuffs and her sister teases her about her double chin, but Ada practices hard and learns how to play in time with
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Judith Caseley, Author Greenwillow Books $12.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-688-07355-8
Lindsay's mother is pregnant, and all this only child can say is, ""Silly baby.'' When Callie arrives and makes messes all over the place, Lindsay feels left out and is satisfied that her initial reaction was the correct one. It's not the baby or...
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Judith Caseley, Author Greenwillow Books $12.88 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-06763-2
Caseley retains a firm hold on her readers' affections, thanks to the artless charm of such tenderly funny picture books as Molly Pink, My Sister Celia and When Grandpa Came. This new story is presented in brightly colored pictures of a city block...
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Judith Caseley, Author Greenwillow Books $15.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-688-15934-4
Caseley's (Starring Dorothy Kane) moving if uneven novel opens as a credibly limned, diverse group of relatives--Jewish on her father's side and Cuban on her mother's--gathers to mourn the death of Sierra Goodman's father. Missing him greatly, the...
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Judith Caseley, Author Greenwillow Books $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-14457-9
When the aliens invade, this book will tell them all they need to know about the holiday called Halloween. For earthlings, though, this is a rather dull march through a typical Halloween. Jenna helps her little brother Mickey overcome his...
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Judith Caseley, Author Greenwillow Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-15405-9
Readers will offer polite rather than thunderous applause when the curtain goes down on Caseley's (Starring Dorothy Kane; Witch Mama) stilted tale about Mrs. Humphrey's class play, in which the kids dress up in homemade animal costumes. At center...
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Judith Caseley, Author, Judith Caseley, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-10010-0
Caseley ( When Grandpa Came to Stay ; Molly Pink ) uses an innovative framework to convey the loving relationship between Annie and her Grandpa: the two communicate primarily through letters. When Annie was born, his first letter arrived, welcoming...
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Judith Caseley, Author, Judith Casely, Illustrator Greenwillow Books $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-06483-9
Emma always says, ""My sister Celia is the best sister in the whole wide world.'' Every weekend they spend a day together, coloring, drinking ``coffee'' (Emma's is really hot chocolate); every year they watch The Wizard of Oz on television with Mama.
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