Marquerite W. Davol, Author, Robert Clarke Sabuda, Illustrator, Marguerite W. Davol, Author Atheneum Books $24.99 (60p) ISBN 978-0-689-31992-1
Davol's (Batwings and the Curtain of Night) eloquent original Chinese tale about a humble scroll artist who saves his village is the inspiration for Sabuda's (The 12 Days of Christmas) intricate and glorious gatefolds. Mi Fei goes to see the dragon,
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Marguerite W. Davoll, Author, Marguerite W. Davol, Author, Mercedes McDonald, Illustrator Orchard Books (NY) $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-531-09468-6
This fanciful read-aloud will have preschoolers rolling-and eventually slithering-around on the floor in imitation of Snake's movements as he metamorphoses from a round creature to the reptile we know today as a result of his repeated run-ins with...
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Marguerite W. Davol, Author, Sheila Hamanaka, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-671-74778-7
Davol sheds some gentle light on the interconnected worlds of art and nature in her first picture book. In a cumulative poem fashioned after ``The House That Jack Built,'' she relates how a fiddle that plays beautiful music is eventually formed from
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Marguerite W. Davol, Author, Yumi Heo, Illustrator , illus. by Yumi Heo. Scholastic/Orchard $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-31769-6
A smooth-tongued snake takes on the role of tempter—and raconteur—in a pleasing original story inspired by a Native American folktale. "Once upon the time of no
stories," begins Davol (The Paper Dragon), creating and...
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Marguerite W. Davol, Author, Cat Bowman Smith, Illustrator, Cat Bowman Smith, Joint Author Scholastic $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-531-30191-3
Davol (The Paper Dragon) finds a happy beat with this boisterous story of a girl driven to drum. Maggie, the pride of Serena, Kansas, was born a drummer--her doctor ascribes her predetermined vocation to the Fourth of July parade, led by the Kansas...
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Marguerite W. Davol, Author, Mary GrandPre, Illustrator Orchard Books (NY) $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-531-30005-3
In this contemporary creation story, nocturnal creatures make a few improvements upon their domain. The world is empty and drab until the Mother of All Things throws a ball of clay into the sky with such spin that it flares into light. She shakes...
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