Karla Kuskin, Author Clarion Books $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-66138-3
In this slim effort from the creator of the acclaimed The Philharmonic Gets Dressed , a shaggy, energetic pooch accustomed to sidewalk outings kicks up her paws when she is let loose in the countryside. The capering canine discovers, instead of...
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Karla Kuskin, Author HarperCollins Publishers $12 (36p) ISBN 978-0-06-023562-8
People who loved this duo's The Philharmonic Gets Dressed may not like this follow-up. The Dallas Titans have just won a big football game and are understandably wound up. They'd like to celebrate. But Coach Scorch has told them to go right home to...
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Karla Kuskin, Author HarperCollins Publishers $13 (64p) ISBN 978-0-06-023633-5
Something to shout about, the new I Can Read Book is a virtuoso performance by the esteemed author-illustrator of such diverse treasures as The Philharmonic Gets Dressed, A Space Story (winner of the New York Academy of Sciences award), and others....
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Milton Avery, Illustrator, Milton Avery, Photographer HarperCollins Publishers $16.95 (43p) ISBN 978-0-06-023568-0
Working with a series of fantastical paintings by the late Avery--paintings originally meant to be paired with a text long since lost--Kuskin has succeeded in weaving around them a story that is not only logically plausible but very often charming....
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Fumi Kosaka, Illustrator , illus. by Fumi Kosaka. HarperCollins/Geringer $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-057242-6
Kuskin delivers a witty ode to a child bundled up for wintry weather, using the text of a poem from her 1964 collection The Rose on My Cake
. Kosaka (If You'll Be My Valentine
, reviewed Dec. 6) introduces a dog into the proceedings, pictured...
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Petra Mathers, Illustrator, Petra Mathers, Photographer HarperCollins Publishers $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-021242-1
``A clever mother stitched the colors up'' to form the baby's patchwork playground/quilt featured in this gentle picture book. Kuskin's ( Paul and City Dog , both reviewed in Children's Forecasts, Mar. 28) brief, lilting text describes the colors...
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Karla Kuskin, Author, David Frampton, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $5.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-443243-6
Kuskin chronicles Jerusalem's countless destructions and rebuildings over thousands of years in a strikingly illustrated book, lauded by PW as an ``exquisite hymn to one of the world's great cities.'' All ages. (Sept.)
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Karla Kuskin, Author, David Frampton, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (27p) ISBN 978-0-06-023548-2
Beautifully crafted, like a piece of radiant sculpture, this is an exquisite hymn to one of the world's great cities. To create mood, Kuskin uses a first person narrative voice and addresses her readers directly, inviting them to ""Sit beside me.''...
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Howard Fine, Illustrator Clarion Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-70146-1
Kuskin's (City Dog) inventive poem uses two cats--one who dominates a home's upstairs and another its downstairs--and their incessant fighting as a metaphor for the absurdity of war. The feline antics will ring true for cat owners of any age: ""The...
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Howard Fine, Illustrator , illus. by Howard Fine. Clarion $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-31676-2
"This inventive poem uses two cats: one who dominates a home's upstairs and another its downstairs, and their incessant fighting as a metaphor for the absurdity of war," wrote PW. Ages 5-8. (June)
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Betsy Lewin, Illustrator , illus. by Betsy Lewin. S&S/Atheneum $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-84733-2
Lewin's (Cat Count
) title page illustration cleverly makes clear the premise of Kuskin's (Toots the Cat
, reviewed above) playful poem by featuring an announcement on a schoolroom blackboard: "Today's Assignment: An Interview."...
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Karla Kushkin, Illustrator Clarion Books $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-90016-1
A shaggy, energetic pooch, accustomed to sidewalk outings, is thrilled by her first encounter with the countryside. ""The capering canine['s] joy is infectious,"" said PW. Ages 5-8. (Mar.)
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Reg Cartwright, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-671-88808-4
As the expression goes, ``Everything old is new again,'' and two publishers are taking that adage literally for a pair of May releases. In the case of James and the Rain, British artist Reg Cartwright (Mr. Potter's Pigeon) adds whimsically...
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Dyanna Wolcott, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-81473-0
An extended family's beach outing provides the perfect opportunity for all the relatives to point out the green-eyed, ponytailed narrator's myriad family resemblances. The girl reports their remarks with preternatural patience: ""My feet are Dad's, /
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Lisze Bechtold, Illustrator , illus. by Lisze Bechtold. Holt $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6841-2
Kuskin's (Roar and More
) meditations on a stray calico cat brim with images that surprise. The poems capture the curiosity, independence and quixotic nature of cats with metaphors that elicit an immediate visual image: Toots "walks/ like a...
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Melissa Iwai, Illustrator , illus. by Melissa Iwai. HarperCollins/Geringer $16.99. (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-075332-0
Kuskin's 1960 text, Square as a House
, gets a new title and, thanks to Iwai's (B Is for Bulldozer
) velvety, fanciful pictures, a new lease on life. With a bespectacled, wide-eyed boy serving as a pretend tour guide, the book unfolds in a...
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Karla Kuskin, Illustrator Boyds Mills Press $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-59078-249-1
Kids can Roar and More in this paper-over-board reissue of Karla Kuskin's charming volume from 1956. Against bright, solid-colored backgrounds, boldly outlined animals pose for readers opposite brief verse: ""Fish is the wish/ Of the cat on the mat./
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Sergio Ruzzier, Illustrator HarperCollins $19.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-027173-2
A diverse collection of titles introduces young people to poetry's varying moods and styles. Kuskin will capture readers from the opening ""Foreword poem"" onward in Moon, Have You Met My Mother?: The Collected Poems of Karla Kuskin, illus. by...
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Renee Flower, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-021076-2
Kuskin ( City Dog ; The Philharmonic Gets Dressed ) and first-time illustrator Flower seize on urban cacophony and turn it into a celebration of life itself in this dynamic picture book. A girl discovers a tin can in the street and holds it up to...
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Michael Grejniec, Illustrator , illus. by Michael Grejniec. S&S/Atheneum $16.95 (44p) ISBN 978-0-689-83095-2
Originally published in 1957, Kuskin's (Roar and More) energetic ode to the Flood receives equally upbeat, playful treatment in Grejniec's (Albert's Nap) watercolors. In the opening lines, Noah mysteriously divines the coming rainstorm (w
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Karla Kuskin, Author, Karla Kushkin, Author, Isabelle Dervaux, Illustrator Laura Geringer Book $14.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-027083-4
Set upon blocks of color, not unlike her Roar and More, these 36 poems are culled from Kuskin's previously published works. The poet's devotion to words, her intelligence and wit shine through all of the verses. The innocence and brevity of many of...
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Karla Kushkin, Author, Karla Kuskin, Author, Marc Simont, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-443180-4
In the spirit of their popular The Philharmonic Gets Dressed , Kuskin and Simont offer a look at locker-room and at-home winding-down routines of a team of football players after an exciting game. All ages. A Charlotte Zolotow Book. (September)
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