Nancy Van Laan, Author, Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author, Nadine Bernard Westcott, Illustrator Hyperion Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0009-4
One person's trash is another's treasure, as this tale of a resourceful recycler demonstrates. Yet the tart pinks, yellows and greens and the slightly askew rhymes here don't add up to an entirely pleasing whole. An unnamed girl narrates; as she...
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Mary Ann Hoberman, Author, Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author, Marry Ann Hoberman, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-93118-2
Hands will be clapping and toes will be tapping to this spunky rendition of a favorite school yard rhyme. Most kids--and grown-ups, too--will readily recognize the first three stanzas of this comical chant, but after the ""elephant, elephant,...
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Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author Little Simon $5.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-689-84567-3
""Some of the animals at the zoo are making something special for you,"" in the pop-up Valentine's Day at the Zoo by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Airy watercolors enliven precise line drawings of creative creatures, including crayon-wielding monkeys...
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Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author Joy Street Books $4.95 (16p) ISBN 978-0-316-93132-8
Two slim volumes depict the morning and evening routines of a little boy who appears to be three or four. A very independent and self-reliant toddler he is, tooable to dress and undress himself and pick up all his toys. Westcott's illustrations are...
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Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author Joy Street Books $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-316-93138-0
All is calm as Jack lies sleeping in his house--that is, until a rat helps himself to the wedge of cheese left on Jack's kitchen table. When the cat chases the rat and the dog worries the cat, this cumulative verse takes off. The ensuing chain of...
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Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author Joy Street Books $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-316-93140-3
Blithe and bucolic, Westcott's illustrations add considerable zip to the perennial song favorite. Ages 4-8. (Apr.)
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Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author, Nadine Bernard Westcott, Adapted by Little Brown and Company $15.45 (0p) ISBN 978-0-316-93135-9
``Miss Lucy had a baby, his name was Tiny Tim. She put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim.'' This silly rhyme features a joyfully portrayed cast of characters. The Lady's purse appears to be real alligator; its back opens up magically to...
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Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author, Mary Ann Hoberman, Author, Nadine Bernard Westcott, Illustrator Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $6.99 (28p) ISBN 978-0-316-93136-6
The lady of nonsense-rhyme fame cures Tiny Tim of his mysterious ailment in this whimsically illustrated rendition. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author, Mary Ann Hoberman, Author, Nadine Bernard Westcott, Illustrator Megan Tingley Books $14.99 (11p) ISBN 978-0-316-93021-5
A trio of board books The Lady with the Alligator Purse; Miss Mary Mack and Skip to My Lou plus their words set to music make up the contents of Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard Westcott's Sing-Along Songs: Three Books and Tape Set. A sturdy
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Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author, Mary Ann Hoberman, Author, Nadine Wescott, Author Hyperion Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0053-7
Matched with perky illustrations, the spirited, on-the-job lyrics to this ever-popular American folk song serve as narrative to a lighthearted, contemporary train journey that pays homage to traditional railroad imagery. A singing trio-banjo and...
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Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author, Nadine Bernard Westcott, Illustrator Dutton Books $13.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-44317-9
A simple popular rhyme about that childhood culinary favorite, peanut butter and jelly, becomes rich fare indeed in this buoyant picture book. Chantlike verses set forth the making of a sandwich from start to finisha process that is imaginatively...
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Libba Moore Gray, Author, Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author, Libba Moore Gray, Author Orchard Books (NY) $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-531-30013-8
Bad weather makes for strange-and funny-bedfellows in this charming cumulative fable of friendship. During a torrential rainfall, a ""wee fat man and a wee fat woman"" invite a parade of farm animals into their ""teeny tiny house"" to share their...
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Teri Sloat, Author, Nadine Bernard Westcott, Author, Nadine Bernard Westcott, Illustrator DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7894-2512-6
Sloat and Westcott, who teamed up for The Thing That Bothered Farmer Brown, offer tongue-twisting rhyme and two Farmer Brown-twisting tornadoes. As Farmer Brown completes his chores, a powerful wind sweeps him up along with all his animals. ""While...
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