Katherine Paterson, Retold by, Katherine Paterson, Author Dutton Books $15.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-525-67579-2
Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia) performs a service for young readers and for Wolfram von Eschenbach's 13th-century German epic with this supple adaptation. Parzival, born of royal blood but raised as a peasant, leaves his humble home as a boy to...
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Katherine Paterson, Author . HarperTrophy $5.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-055712-6
An 11-year-old girl looks out for her younger brother after their mother leaves them with their paternal great-grandmother. "The heroine's blossoming friendship with a mysterious 'star man,' combined with her intelligence and...
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Katherine Paterson. Candlewick, $15.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-7636-9508-8
Two-time Newbery Medalist Paterson turns her attention to 1961 Cuba in the story of 13-year-old Lora Llera, who volunteers to become part of Fidel Castro’s literacy campaign—to her parents’ dismay. She and hundreds of other volunteers of all ages...
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Katherine Paterson. Dial, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8037-4043-3
“Sometimes I can’t believe my own life,” writes Paterson in these autobiographical stories about her missionary parents, her childhood in China and the U.S., and her career—first as a missionary herself and, after marriage and motherhood, as one of...
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Katherine Paterson, Author Dutton Children's Books $24.99 (266p) ISBN 978-0-525-46482-2
In a moving collection of more than 20 speeches and essays, seven of which have never appeared in book form, The Invisible Child: On Reading and Writing Books for Children by two-time Newbery Medalist and National Book Award winner Katherine ...
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Katherine Paterson, Author Dutton Books $15.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-525-67543-3
Abandoned as an infant, Jip West accepts his grim fate on a Vermont poor farm without question until a series of disturbing events changes his beliefs about himself and the people around him. The turning point occurs when, in the year 1855, Jip (who
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Katherine Paterson, Author Dutton Books $14.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-525-67480-1
Torn apart by the recent death of her father, 10-year-old Vinnie does not look forward to moving from D.C. to Virginia and starting a new life in Brownsville (a town as dull as its name) with her stressed-out mother and ``crazy'' younger brother,...
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Katherine Paterson, Author Dutton Books $13.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-525-67258-6
When Park was a baby, his father was killed in Vietnam. Since his mother won't talk about her husband, Park reads his father's old books in secret and travels alone one day to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. to see his father's name....
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Katherine Paterson, Author Clarion Books $15 (160p) ISBN 978-0-395-83897-6
Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia; Jacob Have I Loved) captures the essence of an adolescent's fundamental questions of God and existence in this finely honed novel. As the year 1899 draws to a close, the people in Robbie's rural Vermont community...
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Katherine Paterson, Author Puffin Books $6.99 (181p) ISBN 978-0-14-038674-5
This historical novel about a maltreated orphan ""is full of revelations and surprises,"" said PW's starred review; ""first-rate entertainment."" Ages 10-14. (Oct.)
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Katherine Paterson, Author Puffin Books $6.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-14-037679-1
PW starred its review of this powerful and sensitive novel about a girl obliged to move to her grandmother's house after her father dies. Ages 8-12. (Mar.)
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Katherine Paterson, Author Puffin Books $6.99 (182p) ISBN 978-0-14-037389-9
Fourteen-year-old Lyddie sets out on her own when her family is split apart by debt. PW found this story, set in 1844, ``impeccably researched and expertly crafted.'' Ages 10-14. (Jan.)
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Katherine Paterson, Author . Clarion $15 (192p) ISBN 978-0-618-24744-8
Few authors explore the theme of what defines a family with more compassion and sensitivity than Paterson (The Great Gilly Hopkins; Flip-Flop Girl), as she demonstrates once again in this contemporary novel set in rural Vermont. Eleven-year-old...
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Katherine Paterson, Author Puffin Books $6.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-14-037397-4
James (stage-named Jimmy Jo) has a rough time handling his fame when he starts to perform with his country-western singing family. Ages 10-up. (Jan.)
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Katherine Paterson, Author Dutton Books $18.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-525-67338-5
In 1843, three years after her father abandons his failing Vermont farm, 10-year-old Lyddie and her younger brother Charles are hired out as servants, while Mama and the two youngest children go off to live with relatives. After spending a grueling...
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Katherine Paterson, Author Puffin Books $5.99 (148p) ISBN 978-0-14-034262-8
Park's mother won't answer his questions about his father, who was killed in Vietnam, but eventually agrees to let Park visit his father's family in Virginia. Nothing he finds there is what he expected but, in Paterson's insightful novel, everyone...
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Katherine Paterson, Author . Clarion $16 (275p) ISBN 978-0-618-65479-6
Returning to themes she explored in Lyddie
, Paterson sets this novel in the winter of 1912 in Lawrence, Mass., where the plight of textile mill workers unfolds through the alternating third-person perspectives of a boy millworker, Jake Beale, and...
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Katherine Paterson, Author . Clarion $16 (145p) ISBN 978-0-547-18188-2
In this powerful, finely crafted novel, Paterson unveils the experience of Muslim Albanians in the Kosovo war through her memorable heroine, Meli, who turns 11 just as her family flees genocide. Through Meli's gaze, Paterson skillfully defines...
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Virginia Buckley, Editor, Diane Dillon, Illustrator Dutton Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-67283-8
In another picture book retelling of a Japanese folktale, Paterson ( The Tongue-Cut Sparrow ) recounts the story of Shozo, a one-eyed Samurai unjustly forced to be a servant, and Yasuko, a kitchen maid. They befriend a mandarin duck who pines for...
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Jane C. Brown, Illustrator, Jane Clark Brown, Photographer HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (64p) ISBN 978-0-06-024690-7
Marvin and his family live on a dairy farm with ``two dogs, eight cats and ninety-seven cows.'' The meanest cow is Rosie, but Marvin loves her anyway. When the owner decides to retire, Marvin's family moves to a different farm, where all except...
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Katherine Paterson, illus. by Pamela Dalton. Chronicle/Handprint, $18.99 (56p) ISBN 978-1-4521-1339-5
Paterson and Dalton, who collaborated on Brother Sun, Sister Moon, return with a wide-ranging and gorgeously executed collection of poetry, prayers, and other grateful musings fit for Thanksgiving or any time of year. Paterson groups her selections...
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Lorna Raver, Read by , read by Lorna Raver. Listening Library $39 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-3107-1
Raver masters an impressive range of character voices—from recent Italian immigrants to America, to worried or wisecracking children and a shrill, know-it-all schoolteacher—in this recording of Paterson's novel about a historic 1912...
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Peter Landa, Illustrator HarperCollins $5.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-06-440232-3
In the Newbery Medalist's first book, Muna searches for his father, a samurai warrior, in 12th century Japan. Ages 8-12. (June)
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Leo Dillon, Illustrator, Diane Dillon, Illustrator Puffin Books $6.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-14-055739-8
A one-eyed samurai is unjustly forced to be a servant in this Japanese folktale; PW praised Paterson's retelling as ``rich with magic, compassion and love,'' and the Dillons' pastel and watercolor illustrations as ``exquisite.'' Ages 5-8. (Nov.)
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Vladimir Vagin, Illustrator Clarion Books $15 (48p) ISBN 978-0-395-53777-0
As in The King's Equal and Celia and the Sweet, Sweet Water, Paterson and Vagin create a portrait of a strong female protagonist in their latest original folktale. At long last, a baby girl is born to the king and queen. But on the day appointed for
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Vladimir Vagin, Illustrator Clarion Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-91324-6
Compassion is the key to this compelling fairy tale, with its heroine's quest showing glimmers of the one in Paterson's recent novel Parzival. When Celia was an infant, a ""terrible war"" left the girl fatherless and drove her mother from the home...
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Vladimir Vagin, Illustrator, Vladimir Vagin, Photographer HarperCollins Publishers $18.89 (64p) ISBN 978-0-06-022497-4
Endowing her picture book cum chapter book with both humor and mystery, Paterson ( Lyddie ) inventively rejuvenates one of folklore's familiar themes--the triumph of common sense and earthy sensibility. A selfish, conceited prince is tormented by...
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Vladimir Vagin, Illustrator, Vladimir Vagin, Photographer HarperCollins $7.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-06-443396-9
PW starred this ""entertaining and enchanting"" story of a conceited prince in search of a bride who is his equal, and who then discovers he is the one who must prove his worthiness. Ages 7-10. (Feb.)
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Emily Arnold McCully, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-06-029474-8
Originally published chapter by chapter in newspapers as part of the ""Breakfast Serials"" program, this disappointing story juggles an uneasy mix of realism and fantasy. Narrator Josh has just moved from Virginia to Vermont with his mother, her new
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Alexander Koshkin, Illustrator Clarion Books $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-395-68969-1
In her informative afterword to this sprightly retelling of a story from the Book of Numbers, two-time Newbery Medalist Paterson explains that the tale is notable in that it is one of two in the Bible that concerns a talking animal; and that, unlike
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Katherine Paterson and John Paterson, illus. by John Rocco. Candlewick, $19.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7636-4712-4
A full century after the publication of Eden Philpotts's The Flint Heart (Dutton, 1910) the story resurfaces in the capable hands of the Patersons (Blueberries for the Queen), who stay true to the language and story line of the original, preserving...
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Katherine Paterson and John Paterson, read by Ralph Lister. Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, unabridged, four CDs, 4 hrs., $24.99 ISBN 978-1-4558-2242-3
Katherine and John Paterson’s bewitching fairy tale about the re-emergence of a dangerous talisman called the Flint Heart that hardens the heart of anyone unlucky enough to be corrupted by its magic comes to life thanks to top-notch narration from...
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Katherine Paterson, Author, John Paterson, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator , illus. by Susan Jeffers. HarperCollins $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-623942-2
John and Katherine Paterson, who previously collaborated on Consider the Lilies,
and Jeffers (Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
) offer a sweet, fictionalized account of an episode from John Paterson's childhood. William, who lives in the...
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Francois Roca, Author , illus. by François Roca. Scholastic/Levine $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-545-01172-3
As Newbery Medalist Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia
) distills key events in the life of Jesus, her unfettered prose is sure to prove inviting to young readers. Blending accessible language and memorable, age-appropriate imagery, she skillfully...
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Jane Clark Brown, Illustrator HarperCollins $14.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-028769-6
In his latest adventure, Marvin arrives late on the first day of school and his teacher tells him there's no more room in Marvin One Too Many by Katherine Paterson, illus. by Jane Clark Brown. To make matters worse, he doesn't know how to read...
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Jane Clark Brown, Illustrator HarperTrophy $3.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-444265-7
Marvin makes a holiday wreath for his family that becomes home to a bird family. ""Paterson gracefully presents a struggling family in a joyful, never maudlin light,"" said PW of this I Can Read book. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Katherine Paterson, Author, Robert Sean Leonard, Performed by, Robert Sean Leonard, Read by HarperCollins $22 (0p) ISBN 978-0-694-52452-5
Paterson's Newbery-winning novel becomes an entertaining and dramatic audiobook via Leonard's accomplished reading. Jess Aarons is eager to start fifth grade. He's been practicing his sprints all summer, determined to become the fastest runner at...
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Katherine Paterson. Candlewick, $17.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-5362-1559-5
Ten-year-old Birdie, terrified for the safety of her Vermont National Guard father when he is called to Iraq for his third deployment, strikes a bargain with God: she’ll “be a witness in the world if...you will just keep my Daddy safe.” Challenges...
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Katherine Paterson, illus. by Lisa Aisato. Flyaway, $18 (32p) ISBN 978-1-947888-12-8
From receiving the unthinkable news of her pregnancy to her family’s subsequent tumult, Mary recalls her journey up to the night of Christ’s birth: “Sing out, my soul, the wonder,” she begins. She watches her sleeping newborn with maternal affection
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