Roy Gerrard, Author Sunburst $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-46659-6
The tubby, balding knight sets out from his castle in search of deeds that need doing; in the process, he defeats Black Ned and wins a wife. PW noted, ""The British author-illustrator of The Favershams will win more hearts; quaintly exaggerated...
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Roy Gerrard, Author Sunburst $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-36961-3
Sir Cedric, last seen in Sir Cedric, is still in the business of good and evil. He and Lady Matilda had been living fairly happily ever after with their prankish daughter, Edwina the Fair. Edwina delights in tormenting her devoted admirer, Hubert...
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Roy Gerrard, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-36962-0
The incredible adventures of Sir Francis Drake are splendidly recreated as a ballad. Well suited to the subject is Gerrard's distinctive draftsmanshipthe figures that look like middle-aged babies, the crowded scenes and fastidious patterns. His...
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Roy Gerrard, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-36345-1
Gerrard ( The Favershams ; Sir Cedric ) transports his comic and lumpish figures across the Atlantic to tell a western tale. ``Where the mountains meet the prairie, where the men are wild and hairy / There's a little ranch where Rosie Jones is boss.'
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Roy Gerrard, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-31891-8
In a caveman's world, being brawny and physically strong is given high priority. Mik is slight, fair and beardless, and consequently is not valued by his Stone Age tribe. When they decide to push off for parts unknown, they unwittingly leave little...
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Roy Gerrard, Author Sunburst $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-44843-1
PW praised Gerrard's ``winning verse and droll, compact characters,'' adding, ``In this refreshingly original glimpse of prehistoric life, his skillful watercolor backgrounds . . . sparkle with clarity.'' Ages 5-8. (Sept.)
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Roy Gerrard, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-374-33654-7
The ever-inventive Gerrard continues to draw from an impressive range of historical material in creating distinctive, winningly quirky picture books. This latest offering, set in the 1930s, features a thoroughly modern heroine--an actress in search...
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Roy Gerrard, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-31659-4
Gerrard's (Sir Cedric; A Pocket Full of Posies) 10th picture book is an innovative amalgam of ancient history lesson, introduction to hieroglyphics and fanciful story. Combined with the artist's intricate illustrations, at once playful and...
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Roy Gerrard, Author Sunburst $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-43777-0
In a starred review, PW termed this tale of a film legend's assorted perils ``sophisticated yet sweet... an intercontinental adventure not to be missed.'' Ages 5-8. (Apr.)
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Roy Gerrard, Author, Roy Gerrard, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-46339-7
In PW 's words, ``Gerrard transports his comic and lumpish figures across the Atlantic to tell a Western tale. As usual, his humor is understated and droll. The good guys win out in this straight-faced comedy that . . . is `enormous fun.' '' Ages 4-8
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Roy Gerrard, Author, Roy Gerrard, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-38249-0
A nattily clad cast of petite pioneers, with the compressed, spool-shaped bodies and outsized heads characteristic of Gerrard's work, gambols across the wry spreads of this verse adventure about an 1850 wagon trip to the West. When Buckskin Dan...
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Roy Gerrard, Author, Roy Gerrard, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-36339-0
Young readers are again treated to an idiosyncratic view of history through the late Gerrard's (Wagons West!; Sir Cedric Rides Again) imaginatively distorted looking glass. In Ancient Rome, brother and sister twins Maximus and Vanilla are ""doomed""
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Roy Gerrard, Author, Roy Gerrard, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-46688-6
With his characteristic rhymed quatrains and detailed illustrations featuring his spool-shaped figures, Gerrard ""creates an intriguing miniature world [for the British naval hero].... Diverting and sophisticated fare,"" said PW. Ages 5-8. (Mar.)
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