Books by Sara Fanelli and Complete Book Reviews
Sara Fanelli, Author . Cape $14.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-224-06457-6
In collages created with paper scraps from many countries and words in many languages ("Voler! Volare! Fly!"), an earth-bound Butterfly travels in search of a flying teacher. After hatching from her chrysalis, she struggles to get airborne...
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Sara Fanelli, Author Little Brown and Company $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-316-27393-0
Overtaken by wanderlust, an enterprising button pops off its owner's coat and sets out in search of adventure. After serving stints as a spare wheel for a farmer's wagon, a plate for a hungry wolf and a weather vane for a pig's house, the fastener-cu
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Sara Fanelli, Author Dial Books $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2093-0
A common theme in children's books--being an outsider--is given a striking twist in collage-master Fanelli's visual extravaganza. Each page is filled with quirky depictions of city life (magenta skyscrapers, sidewalks made of newspaper) and cartoon-l
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Sara Fanelli, Author Running Press Book Publishers $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7624-0345-5
In this winningly idiosyncratic book, mixed media artwork creates a visual circus with more dogs than the Westminster dog show. The spreads cover such themes as ""Tails,"" showcasing the appendages of basenji, bloodhound and husky, and ""Dogs of the
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Sara Fanelli, Author, Sara Fanelli, Illustrator . Candlewick $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1907-7
In wild hand-lettered collages that defy academic treatments of myth, Fanelli (Dear Diary) summarizes some famous monsters of the Greek pantheon. Her portraits of weird creatures range from the comical to the grotesque, and recall the visceral...
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Sara Fanelli, Author, Sara Fanelli, Illustrator HarperFestival $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-026455-0
In non-narrative form, Fanelli (Button) challenges the concept of ``map'' as she earnestly demonstrates that places aren't the only things that can be charted. Exploring everyday aspects of a child's world, the author mixes the expected, such as ``Ma
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Sara Fanelli, Author, Sara Fanelli, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0965-8
Starting with the busy scribbles and notes that cover the graph paper inside this paper-over-board book's cover, Fanelli plunges readers into an enchanting community of committed diarists, as each describes the activities of the same day from his/her
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