Ruth Spiro, illus. by Lucy Ruth Cummins. HarperCollins, $19.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-323774-2
Foliage proves the food of love for a child recipient in this epistolary primer on how to cultivate the spirit of Valentine’s Day any time of year. At book’s start, an auburn-haired child with pale skin, and their ever-present canine pal, receive a...
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Ruth Spiro, illus. by Irene Chan. Charlesbridge, $8.99 (20p) ISBN 978-1-58089-884-3
A baby with big eyes, dressed as an engineer, plays with a colorful toy train set. When Baby sees that the red car is missing from the track and spies it in the toy box, she takes “Three steps to the right, three steps forward, and three steps to...
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Ruth Spiro, illus. by Irene Chan. Charlesbridge, $8.99 (20p) ISBN 978-1-58089-926-0
In this addition to the Baby Loves Science board book series, Spiro uses a familiar reference to create a global warming analogy: “Baby has a blanket... When Baby puts the blanket on, she feels warm... The earth has a blanket, too. Just like Baby!...
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Ruth Spiro, Author, Thor Wickstrom, Illustrator , illus. by Thor Wickstrom. Dutton $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-47861-4
Brimming with the improbable and silly, Spiro's debut picture book attempts a roundabout introduction to art history. With Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt among his relatives and classmates, it's no surprise that Lester Fizz feels inadequate...
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Ruth Spiro, illus. by Victoria Tentler-Krylov. Dial, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-3991-8631-8
A playground in a busy metropolitan neighborhood has fallen into disrepair, and most residents walk briskly by its gates. But one child holds up a finger, telling their adult caretaker to wait, and in that decisive moment becomes surrounded by birds
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