Keiko Kasza, Author . Putnam $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-23586-3
Kasza's (Dorothy & Mikey) spry, if slight, story introduces three animals—a lion, bear and elephant—who come across a gold crown sitting on a rock that is chiseled with the words "For the Mightiest." Since all three of...
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Keiko Kasza, Author . Picture Puffin $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-250185-6
"This spry, if slight, story introduces three animals who come across a gold crown sitting on a rock that is chiseled with the words 'For the mightiest,' " wrote PW
. "Playful gouache paintings effectively reinforce the...
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Keiko Kasza, Author Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-21400-4
Wolf loves to eat almost more than anything else in the world. No sooner does he finish a meal, he's planning his next. He searches all day for a chicken for his stew. When he finally spies one, he hesitates and hatches a plan to fatten the bird,...
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Keiko Kasza, Author Putnam Publishing Group $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-23036-3
Kasza's (The Wolf's Chicken Stew) good-hearted humor, played out by a cast of affable animals, adds irresistible charm to a light plot. Characteristically buoyant, her art delivers close-range views of the whimsical facial expressions of the giddy...
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Keiko Kasza, Author Putnam Publishing Group $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-21755-5
``When the Elephant walks . . . he scares the Bear,'' begins this whimsical chain-reaction story. Bear, who is interrupted as he tries to raid a beehive for honey, runs away from the Elephant. Bear then scares the Crocodile, who is relaxing and...
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Keiko Kasza, Author Putnam Publishing Group $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-21883-5
When a porker tries to impress his inamorata with an unusual disguise, he finds that his own identity is best. Ages 4-8. (Apr.)
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Keiko Kasza, Author Putnam Publishing Group $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-399-22404-1
``I'm a rat, just a tiny little rat,'' says the diminutive narrator of this piquant tale about friendship. Towering above him is his best buddy, Tiger, ``a big tough fellow.'' Rat explains that the two ``used to have a little problem.'' Whenever...
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Keiko Kasza, Author Putnam Publishing Group $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-21543-8
From the creator of The Wolf's Chicken Stew comes the story of Mr. Pig, who decides in a bold move to ask Miss Pig out for a picnic. On his way to the picnic, he meets a fox and tells him about the date; the fox, sensing Mr. Pig ' s insecurity,...
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Keiko Kasza, Author, Tony Kasza, Author Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-22610-6
Kasza's (The Pig's Picnic; The Wolf's Chicken Stew) characteristic cleverness and droll art enliven her fetching tale of a young toad who proves an especially adept pupil. Out for ``a walk in the forest,'' Grandpa Toad shares with Little Toad his...
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Keiko Kasza, Author, Keiko Kasza, Illustrator . Putnam $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-23874-1
Kasza (The Wolf's Chicken Stew
) introduces another ravenous creature in this witty twist on a familiar theme. While sharpening his claws to hunt for his breakfast, a not-so-sly fox answers a knock on his door and finds a tasty-looking piglet. &#
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Keiko Kasza, Author, Keiko Kasza, Illustrator . Putnam $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-24603-6
Kasza’s (The Dog Who Cried Wolf) wittily ironic tale introduces a peckish critter who, viewing the cache of food in his den, wryly observes, “Apples, worms and roots... same old, same old,” and longs for “a fancy meal for a...
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Keiko Kasza, Author, Keiko Kasza, Illustrator Puffin Books $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-698-11794-5
A possum can't keep a straight face when his mother tries to teach him to play dead. PW wrote: ""Joe's giggles, conveyed so mirthfully in the pictures, are pretty contagious."" Ages 4-8. (Apr.)
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Keiko Kasza, Author, Keiko Kasza, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $6.99 (30p) ISBN 978-0-399-24261-8
Now in board book, Keiko Kasza's 1990 picture book When the Elephant Walks describes a chain reaction setting in as animals inadvertently terrifying one another. PW's review noted, ""Kasza fills her pictures with amusing details that children...
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Keiko Kasza, Author, Keiko Kasza, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $12.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-399-23356-2
In three breezy stories, Kasza (Don't Laugh, Joe!) captures the intermittent bickering, one-upmanship and affection integral to friendship. The title characters are two young hippos who are ""best friends... well, most of the time."" After a spat...
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Keiko Kasza. Putnam, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-25542-7
As she did in Ready for Anything! (2009), Kasza uses spirited animal characters to address a familiar childhood conundrum. Hogging center stage is Goose, an excellent storyteller who makes up entertaining stories that he and his friends act out. But
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Keiko Kaszo, Author, Keiko Kasza, Author Putnam Publishing Group $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-22000-5
An especially piggy wolf schemes to fatten up his prospective next meal by sending a parade of goodies to Mrs. Chicken's house; he gets his culinary comeuppance in grand fashion. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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