Kate Hosford, illus. by Abigail Halpin. Abrams, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4197-2841-9
A child with bouncy, brown curls lives with her serene, pregnant mother and attentive father in their lakeside cabin filled with handmade quilts. The child anticipates the arrival of her baby sister: “Mama has a belly rising up, like a wave. Inside...
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Kate Hosford, illus. by Cosei Kawa. Lerner/Carolrhoda, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4677-3905-4
Feeding the circus is a tall order, a boyish chef with the face of a porcelain doll reveals. Hosford’s nimble wordplay describes the demands of the circus’s hungry, finicky, and sometimes overindulgent performers: a juggler can’t be served anything...
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Kate Hosford, illus. by Jennifer M. Potter. Running Press Kids, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-762467-14-3
In this magnetic, informative collection, playful poems explore the surprisingly varied sleeping patterns of 18 different animals. Each selection offers intimate, focused glimpses into the slumbers of crepuscular, cathemeral, diurnal, and nocturnal...
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Kate Hosford, illus. by Sarah Gonzales. Chronicle, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-79721-437-5
“Busy birdsong, breaking dawn,/ melodies above the lawn.// Fly right over here to me./ You’ll always be my chickadee.” In a snuggly book that unfolds over the course of a day spent outdoors, Hosford uses expressive, nature-filled rhymes to capture...
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Kate Hosford, illus. by Gabi Swiatkowska. Carolrhoda, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7613-6726-0
Dark-haired Uma sits wide-eyed in her backyard under a black, star-studded sky, torn between the charm of her new red shoes and the overwhelming size of the universe. “How many stars were in the sky? A million? A billion? Maybe the number was as big
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Kate Hosford, illus. by Gabi Swiatkowska. Carolrhoda, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4677-3904-7
An imperious monarch embarks on a quest in this wry story from the team behind Infinity and Me. “I must find the perfect cup of tea!” the queen barks at her butler, James. “Stop slouching and get me my coat!” Aloft in a hot-air balloon, she orders...
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