Keith Baker, Author . Harcourt/Voyager $6 (24p) ISBN 978-0-15-205025-2
"Seven ducklings splash and play in different combinations that introduce basic addition. Collage art fills the jungle and pond life scenes with a riot of colors and textures," noted PW
. Ages 2-5. (Mar.)
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Keith Baker, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $16 (68p) ISBN 978-0-15-216494-2
Keith Baker's reptile couple returns for More Mr. and Mrs. Green, formatted as a beginning reader. Like its predecessor, their lives unfold in a three-chapter format, including Mrs. Green's less-than-lucky day fishing, her latest avant-garde ...
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Keith Baker, Author Red Wagon Books $6.95 (28p) ISBN 978-0-15-204752-8
Two intriguing books by Keith Baker invite toddlers to see the world differently. In Who Is the Beast?, the animals of a lush, multi-patterned jungle ""see his stripes, yellow and black"" as well as the beast's tail, strong legs and green eyes....
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Keith Baker, Author Harcourt Children's Books $16 (71p) ISBN 978-0-15-204954-6
Keith Baker's reptile couple returns for More Mr. and Mrs. Green, formatted as a beginning reader. Like its predecessor, their lives unfold in a three-chapter format, including Mrs. Green's less-than-lucky day fishing, her latest avant-garde ...
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Keith Baker, Author William Morrow & Company $24 (288p) ISBN 978-0-688-15321-2
BBC journalist Baker's strong debut thriller, set two decades in the future, suggests how difficult it will be to bury the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The best characters in Inheritance, like the protagonist Jack McCallan, lack...
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Keith Baker, Author Harcourt Children's Books $15 (44p) ISBN 978-0-15-292857-5
An oblong format with alternating half pages provides the arena for a cat to show off his secret talents in this unprepossessing book. Turning each vertical half-page transforms a quotidian image into a whimsical one (e.g., a blue-green curtain...
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Keith Baker, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-224133-9
It is a perfect day for flyingthe air is clear, the sun bright. As a dove flies above the woods, she spots a letter tied with a bright red ribbon, and knows she must deliver it. When she shows it to a woodsman, he is so excited that he rushes...
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Keith Baker, Author Red Wagon Books $6.95 (22p) ISBN 978-0-15-204751-1
Two intriguing books by Keith Baker invite toddlers to see the world differently. In Who Is the Beast?, the animals of a lush, multi-patterned jungle ""see his stripes, yellow and black"" as well as the beast's tail, strong legs and green eyes....
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Keith Baker, Author Harcourt Paperbacks $5.95 (71p) ISBN 978-0-15-204955-3
Keith Baker's reptile couple returns for More Mr. and Mrs. Green, formatted as a beginning reader. Like its predecessor, their lives unfold in a three-chapter format, including Mrs. Green's less-than-lucky day fishing, her latest avant-garde ...
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Keith Baker, Author Harcourt Children's Books $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-292859-9
The ruby-throated hummingbird takes center stage in Baker's (Quack and Count) gorgeous full-bleed spreads of cut- paper collage. ""Little Green"" is the nickname given the bird by the narrator, an aspiring young artist who raptly follows the...
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Keith Baker, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $7.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-15-200225-1
PW noted the ``elaborate acrylic designs, variety of lush hues and sly wit'' in this hide-and-seek adventure with a crafty reptile. Ages 3-8. (Mar.)
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Keith Baker, Author Harcourt Children's Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-292869-8
Increasing numbers of newly hatched chicks buckle a shoe, shut the door, pick up sticks and lay them straight in this ebullient version of ``One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.'' Baker's ( Elephants Aloft ) bold outlines, plump figures and vibrant acrylics...
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Keith Baker, Author . S&S/Beach Lane $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4169-9141-0
Hundreds of animated green peas tumble through the alphabet in this refreshingly original book. The illustrations are full of vitality and good humor, and the rhyming text never misses a beat. Each large, pastel letter is accompanied by energetic...
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Keith Baker, Author . Harcourt $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-15-206230-9
This book gets sillier and sillier without ever forsaking its low-key cool, and that's no small potatoes. Readers may think they're in for a rehash of the classic counting rhyme “One potato, two potato, three potato four.” But...
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Keith Baker, Author . Harcourt $16 (48p) ISBN 978-0-15-216506-2
Mr. Green thinks "life with Mrs. Green [is] full of adventure," and Mrs. Green thinks "life with Mr. Green [is] full of surprises." This three-chapter picture book about the fun-loving alligator couple brims with both. Baker's (Qu
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Keith Baker, Author, Keith Baker, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $16 (24p) ISBN 978-0-15-292858-2
Lush, layered, cut-paper illustrations of ducklings in a marshy landscape create visual density that contrasts with the simplicity of the narrative in this attractive early math book. The book ever-so-gently introduces addition, dividing the seven...
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Keith Baker, Author, Keith Baker, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $7 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-224134-6
Stylized, vibrantly hued landscapes form elegant backdrops for this wise tale of epistolary ambiguity. All ages. (Feb.)
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Keith Baker, Author, Keith Baker, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-250750-3
Yoshi, an imaginative young Japanese carpenter, builds and builds--everything he can think of, everything the townspeople need--until one day he runs out of ideas. The boy finds a magic fan floating in the sea that guides his creative impulses; it...
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Keith Baker, Author, Keith Baker, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $17 (40p) ISBN 978-0-15-233986-9
A vibrantly striped snake plays hide-and-seek in an array of imaginative locations. He starts off (``Ready or not--here I go!'') easily concealing himself among mittens and balls of yarn, then around elaborate hats, a pile of lavishly wrapped...
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Keith Baker. S&S/Beach Lane, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4424-4551-2
The bipedal green peas that starred in LMNO Peas return in a lively counting romp. Interacting with large, brightly colored numerals, the peas plant seeds, hammer nails into a wooden platform, and jump into a pool: “Five peas painting—/ brush, brush,
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Keith Baker, Author, Patricia Baker, Author, Keith Baker, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-296057-5
Traces of the beast are detected by the other forest animals as a magnificent young tiger makes his way through the jungle. The swipe of a majestic striped tail, the flash of hypnotic green eyes and the gleam of pristine white from the underside of...
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Keith Baker. S&S/Beach Lane, $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4424-5843-7
In flat, crisp-edged digital art, versatile author/illustrator Baker (LMNO Peas) draws underwater-themed images in contrasting blues and oranges that consider the myriad capabilities of an octopus’s appendages. The text of the book is a long answer...
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Keith Baker. S&S/Beach Lane, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4424-7660-8
Having previously played with letters and numbers in LMNO Peas and 123 Peas, Baker’s tiny legumes show their true colors (green, namely) in this entertaining companion book. Bouncy rhymes introduce nine colors: “Blue boats, blue seas,/ blue flags,...
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