Maty Stolz, Author, Mary Stolz, Author HarperCollins Publishers $14 (89p) ISBN 978-0-06-024232-9
In the fourth book about Thomas and Grandfather (last seen in Stealing Home ), baseball proves more than just an ongoing passion shared by the two; for Thomas, it also offers a provocative window onto the past. When their friend Mr. McCallam invites
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Sharon Robinson, Author, Mary Stolz, Author, Pat Cummings, Author HarperCollins $24 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-017191-9
As the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking of the baseball color line nears, he seems more of a heroic figure than ever, and this loving biography will add to his stature. His daughter shows that he was as admirable off the field as on,...
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Mary Stolz, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $16 (279p) ISBN 978-0-679-84917-9
Rarely does historical fiction achieve the immediacy and power of this exceptional novel. The eponymous narrator recounts how, 80 years earlier, a slave on a Virginia plantation and only 11 or 12 years old (often slaves didn't know their exact age),
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Mary Stolz, Author HarperCollins Publishers $12.95 (91p) ISBN 978-0-06-026039-2
Canoville is a sleepy little town whose inhabitants (Phil English, Enoch Peke, Fred Dober) are all dogs. There is a thief on the loose, however, and it's up to Deputy Shep to catch him. With this shallow, unsurprising story, Newbery Honor author...
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Mary Stolz, Author Yearling Books $4.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-679-88933-5
PW gave a starred review to this fictional first-person account from a slave boy who escapes to freedom: ""Stolz dazzles with the scope of her vision, challenging her audience to reconsider American history through the eyes of those who, until...
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Mary Stolz, Author Greenwillow Books $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-09522-2
It's the twilight of the long reign of Elizabeth I, and just outside the city of London the Bartholomew Fair is drawing to a close. Half a dozen people--from a scullery maid to the queen herself--dearly wish to attend the final day's festivities....
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Mary Stolz, Author Beech Tree Paperback Book $3.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-11501-2
Six Londoners in Elizabethan times spend an eventful day at this teeming fair. Ages 11-up. (Mar.)
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Mary Stolz, Author HarperCollins Publishers $11.95 (67p) ISBN 978-0-06-026007-1
Two scarecrows named Handy and Blossom work for many years, from separate vantage points, on a New England farm. Then the farmer leaves and the farm is neglected. For a while the scarecrows staunchly stand guard, but eventually Handy decides that...
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Mary Stolz, Author, Garth Williams, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $15.99 (63p) ISBN 978-0-06-059712-2
Mary Stolz's Emmett's Pig (1959), illus. by Garth Williams, part of the I Can Read Book series, now appears with the addition of Rosemary Wells's watercolor wash in gently muted hues. .
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Mary Stolz, Author, Garth Williams, Illustrator, Garth Williams, Photographer Greenwillow Books $12.95 (56p) ISBN 978-0-688-09520-8
When Emmett finds out that his family is moving to Ohio, he throws his first-ever temper tantrum, and determines to hate everything about his new home. To make matters worse, his mother informs him that his dear pig, King Emmett, is dead. In her...
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Mary Stolz, Author, Garth Williams, Illustrator, Rosemary Wells, Illustrator HarperCollins $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-028746-7
First published as part of the I Can Read series in 1959, Emmett's Pig by Mary Stolz, illus. by Garth Williams, is now available as an oversize picture book with watercolor wash added by Rosemary Wells. ""May I have a pig in my room?"" pleads...
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Mary Stolz, Author, Pierre Pratt, Illustrator Running Press Kids $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7624-1889-3
New illustrations by Pierre Pratt dress up the Newbery Honor book Belling the Tiger by Mary Stolz. The witty story stars two mice chosen to ""bell"" (place a bell collar on) a neighborhood cat. The mice accidentally get shipped overseas, but manage...
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Mary Stolz, Author, Emily Arnold McCully, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $15 (179p) ISBN 978-0-06-025976-1
The Bully of Barkham Street, tormentor of A Dog on Barkham Street, Martin Hastings is 13 now and learning hard lessons. In McCully's lively pictures, we witness events as Stolz's new novel whisks us back to the neighborhood where Martin combats...
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Mary Stolz, Author, Pamela R. Levy, Author, Pamela R. Levy, Illustrator Cricket Books $14.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-8126-2650-6
Two-time Newbery Honor winner Stolz (Belling the Tiger; The Noonday Friends) adopts a Victorian voice and syntax for this eloquent episodic tale of a resourceful sleuth. The first-person narrator is Eileen OKelly, who in 1912 is the only female,...
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Mary Stolz, Author, Pamela Johnson, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $13.95 (182p) ISBN 978-0-06-025861-0
Cormac knows he isn't suited to be a farmer like his father; he loves to draw, and dreams of learning to read and write. But in the harsh world of 9th century Ireland, the monastery is the only place where such a life is possible. So he rejoices...
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Mary Stolz, Author, Pamela Johnson, Illustrator David R. Godine Publisher $13.95 (84p) ISBN 978-0-87923-653-3
""Once upon a time,'' Stolz's fairy tale begins, in the classic style, and the magic transports the reader instantly to a village in the Black Forest. Erich grows up mistreated by Frau Goddhart who had ``kindly'' taken him in as an abandoned baby,...
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Mary Stolz, Author, Sergio Martinez, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (64p) ISBN 978-0-06-027362-0
Elaborating on an old Union army song she heard as a child, Stolz (Go Fish) crafts a slender but emotionally charged story of twins who grow up to fight on opposite sides in the Civil War. Raised in Virginia, the boys follow identical paths until...
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Mary Stolz, Author, Pat Cummings, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-025912-9
Because a fierce storm has put out the lights, Thomas's grandfather says, ""I shall have to tell you a tale of when I was a boy.'' But Grandfather's story about his dog Melvin is prefaced by 18 pages that focus instead on Thomas's loving...
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Mary Stolz, Author, Pat Cummings, Illustrator HarperCollins $5.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-06-440528-7
Thomas and his grandfather, encountered earlier in Storm in the Night and Go Fish , find their cozy routine disordered by a visit from cantankerous Aunt Linzy. Ages 8-11. (June)
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Mary Stolz, Author, Pat Cummings, Illustrator HarperTrophy $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-443256-6
During a fierce nocturnal tempest, Grandfather tells Thomas a story about his own childhood fear of storms; Cummings's violet-toned paintings capture both the shock of the thunderstorm and the comfort of Grandfather's company. Ages 5-8. (Sept.)
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