Mary Serfozo, Author, Serfozo, Author, Keiko Narahashi, Illustrator Margaret K. McElderry Books $15 (28p) ISBN 978-0-689-50496-9
Unlike Serfozo and Narahashi's previous collaborations ( Who Said Red? ; Who Wants One? ), this gentle picture book forgoes lilting rhythms and rhymes in favor of a prose-like text brimming with onomatopoeic sounds. A girl and her black dog walk...
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Mary Serfozo, Author, Serfozo, Author, Keiko Narahashi, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $4.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-689-71642-3
This jaunty and original counting book is a knockout, said PW about this inventive work, with its young hero who stands fast against an elf's rhymed enticements. Ages 3-6. (Sept.)
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Mary Serfozo, Author, David Carter, Illustrator Scholastic $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-54426-9
Geared to board-book graduates, the latest in the Story Corner series takes on the basics of shapes. Serfozo's (Who Said Red?) streamlined rhyming text invites readers to look closely at the art (""An oval, you know, looks a lot like an O. / Here's...
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Mary Serfozo, Author, Keiko Narahashi, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-83322-9
A series of questions playfully looks at opposites; children can guess the answers before a turn of each page provides one in rhyme. ""Unimaginative book design diminishes the effectiveness of the sweetly joyful illustrations,"" said PW. Ages 4-8. (F
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Mary Serfozo, Author, Keiko Narahashi, Illustrator Margaret K. McElderry Books $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-689-80653-7
As in Serfozo and Narahashi's previous collaborations (Who Wants One?; Who Said Red?), this book features a simple text, appealing watercolors and a surprise ending that is sure to please. Each in a series of questions (""What's hard?"" ""What's...
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Mary Serfozo, Author, Keiko Narahashi, Illustrator Margaret K. McElderry Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-50474-7
Like Serfozo and Narahashi's Who Said Red? , this jaunty and original counting book is a standout. A girl playing magician waves a wand over her magic box. ``Who wants one?'' she asks, and though she bedazzles her brother with everything from two...
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Mary Serfozo, Author, Keiko Narahashi, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $4.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-689-71699-7
PW praised ``Narahashi's bright appealing watercolors'' and noted that ``Unlike author and artist's previous collaborations, this gentle picture book forgoes lilting rhythms and rhymes in favor of a prose-like text brimming with onomatopoeic sounds.'
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Mary Serfozo, Author, Keiko Narahashi, Illustrator, Mary Serford, Introduction by Margaret K. McElderry Books $16 (30p) ISBN 978-0-689-50455-6
Irresistible as a clever riddle, this splashy, cheerful concept book introduces primary colors to children with bright swathes of watercolor and a playful, lilting text. ``Who said red?'' asks a girl of her brother. ``You don't mean green? / Look,...
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Mary Serfozo, Author, Valeria Petrone, Illustrator , illus. by Valeria Petrone. S&S/McElderry $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-83834-7
Appealing wordplay and autumnal colors lend warmth to this tiger tale. Peter, an orange cub with an upturned grin, wouldn't pick just any pumpkin: "Not a stumpy, grumpy pumpkin,/ but a sunny, sumptuous pumpkin." He chooses a bounteous...
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