Julie Larios, Author, Julie Paschkis, Illustrator , illus. by Julie Paschkis. Harcourt $16 (31p) ISBN 978-0-15-205422-9
Playful, whimsical images abound in Larios's (Have You Ever Done That?
) 14 animal-themed poems, all delightfully realized in Paschkis's (Through Georgia's Eyes
, reviewed Feb. 20) exuberant paintings. As the collection's title...
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Julie Larios, Author, Julie Paschkis, Illustrator , illus. by Julie Paschkis. Harcourt $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-206325-2
As in an illuminated manuscript, the artwork shimmers in this verse catalogue of creatures from mythology and folklore, a sequel of sorts to Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary
. Outshining the quiet poems, Paschkis’s gouache paintings adorn...
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Julie Larios, Author, Handprint, Author, Anne Hunter, Illustrator , illus. by Anne Hunter. Front Street $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-886910-49-2
"Have you ever slept outside on a hot summer night?/ Everything looks different/ in the moon's strange light" begins Larios's (On the Stairs) lyrical ode to the wonders of nature. The title acts as the volume's gently probing...
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Julie Larios, Author, Handprint, Author, Mary Hofstrand, Illustrator Boyds Mills Press $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-886910-34-8
There's not a misstep in this polished concept book, set on a mouse family's staircase. A collaboration by two sisters and a first book for Larios, the work uses rhyming text and amiable watercolors to teach numbers and to bring out the warmth in...
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Julie Larios, illus. by Julie Paschkis. Beach Lane, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5344-5377-7
Opening with New York City’s various food carts and closing with Boston’s Fenway Park franks, this collection of short poems by Larios offers a playful look at street food around the globe, visiting Mexico, Israel, Morocco, Australia, Russia, Peru,...
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