Jeremy Kroll, Author, Steven Kroll, Author, Donald Carrick, Author Holiday House $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0759-0
Big Jeremy is large in stature and big of heart; he is a true gentle giant. For years he lives peacefully at the edge of the Terisons' apple orchard, basking in their friendship and helping with the family chores in his own monumental fashion--pickin
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Steven Kroll, Author Avon Books $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-76407-5
Phil Hubbard has just moved into town and wants more than anythng to be a member of the Raymondtown Rockets baseball team. Unfortunately, his tryout is plagued with errors. Persistence, practice and a caring group of new friends help Phil adjust to...
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Steven Kroll, Author Henry Holt & Company $0 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-1305-4
In Howard and Gracie's luncheonette, the sparkling checkerboard floor and ``shiny red stools'' are an invitation to all. As the town wakes up, Howard and Gracie prepare the day's fare so that everything will be in order when the customers start...
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Steven Kroll, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $11.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-517-56724-1
This goofy book about two dogs delivers some broad humor, thanks in no small part to Glass's quirky cartoonsa style featuring wavering black lines, exaggerated shapes and splashy colors. Mickey is a good friend to Jake, but he always manages to get...
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Steven Kroll, Author Scholastic $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-33795-3
The suspenseful story of a boy who finds that camp pranks have a crueler sidewith murderous results. Ages 10-up. (July)
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Steven Kroll, illus. by Dan Andreasen. Marshall Cavendish, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-6124-1
Originally published in 1983, Kroll’s tale of a nameless, lonely doll on a happenstance journey to find a loving owner is updated for a new audience by Andreasen’s (Train Trip) softly lit and evocative oil paintings, which seem to set the story...
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Steven Kroll, Author, Dan Andreasen, Illustrator Scholastic Press $5.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-45055-3
PW said that this dramatization of a critical moment in the War of 1812 ""energetically conveys careful research and patriotic thrummings. Oil paintings hinting of Turner portray the excitement."" Ages 5-9. (June)
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Steven Kroll, Author, Dan Andreasen, Illustrator Scholastic $5.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-20240-4
According to PW, this picture book ""dramatically captures the pioneer spirit of the forerunner of the modern postal service while providing an enticing glimpse of American history."" Ages 7-10. (June)
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Steven Kroll, Author, Dan Andreasen, Illustrator Scholastic $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-45054-6
Kroll ( Mary McClean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade ) dramatizes a critical moment in the War of 1812 as he describes the writing of the national anthem. Just before the British attack on Fort McHenry, Baltimore, in September 1814, the Washington...
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Steven Kroll, Author, Scott Nash, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0429-5
Bursting onto the scene like a force of nature, Tucker, a rambunctious pooch, has a penchant for pandemonium. Wherever he goes--""WHAM!""--he creates a trail of disaster, leaving broken china, overturned furniture and overall chaos in his wake. When
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Steven Kroll, Author, Michael Garland, Illustrator , illus. by Michael Garland. Marshall Cavendish $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5239-3
In Kroll's (The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
) contrived story of Bart, a New York City pup who wants to "do the town, see the sights, especially at Christmas." The canine gets his (uncharacteristic) wish and zips all over the dressed-up city...
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Steven Kroll, Author, Lillian Hoban, Illustrator Holiday House $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0925-9
In this collaboration between two well-known picture book creators, Kroll's endearing if somewhat precious story features Hoban's characteristically angelic, chubby-cheeked children. Just before Valentine's Day, Thomas's teacher asks her students to
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Steven Kroll, Author, Tricia Tusa, Illustrator Scholastic $3.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-45713-2
Molar envy causes riotous complications for a bat family, as young Flapper plots to steal his twin Fang's recently loosened tooth--and the attendant attention. Ages 4-8. (Nov.)
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Steven Kroll, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Christine Davenier, Illustrator , illus. by Christine Davenier. North-South/SeaStar $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58717-183-3
Nina's ire is stirred by her own limitations, by adults' underestimation, by rules and by toys that insist on getting lost. Kroll (The Biggest Pumpkin Ever), who first published this text in 1976, catalogs these and other peeves with...
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Steven Kroll, Author, Deborah Kogan Ray, Author, Deborah Kogan Ray, Illustrator Holiday House $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0728-6
In the summer of 1904 on the Lower East Side of New York, peddlers sell sour pickles, hot pretzels, fancy buttons--and hokey-pokey, otherwise known as ice cream. Ben and Sarah befriend Joe, the Hokey-Pokey man, who tells them the story of his cousin,
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Steven Kroll, Author, Eileen Christelow, Illustrator Holiday House $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0605-0
Kipling's tale of the young elephant (who tussles with a crocodile and ends up with a long, significantly more efficient nose) is intact here, except for a few minor changes. However, the story isn't particularly well served by the illustrations,...
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Steven Kroll, Author, Dan Andreasen, Author, Dan Andreasen, Illustrator Scholastic $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-20239-8
For 18 months during the 1860s the Pony Express delivered the mail between Missouri and California, its riders keeping to a grueling schedule, facing Indian attacks and inclement weather. Kroll and Andreasen, previously paired for By the Dawn's...
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Steven Kroll, Author, Jeni Bassett, Illustrator Holiday House $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0823-8
On Thanksgiving Eve, Momma and Poppa Squirrel announce that the family has much to be thankful for, but Buddy and Brenda--each feeling mistreated by the other--aren't particularly thankful for siblings. The following morning, the two try their best...
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Steven Kroll, Author, Jeni Bassett, Illustrator Scholastic Paperbacks $3.5 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-44669-3
Whimsical animal characters with names such as Godfrey Groundhog and Sherwood Squirrel populate this tale of the grinch-like Roland Raccoon's attempt to postpone the coming of spring. Ages 4-8. (Feb.)
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Steven Kroll, Author, Anita Lobel, Author, Anita Lobel, Illustrator Holiday House $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0695-1
Antonio performs each day in the piazza, juggling, walking a tightrope and playing his guitar, while the villagers laugh and throw coins. Sometimes he slips away to dance with his friend Daniela. But one morning, he finds that Daniela has been...
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Steven Kroll, Author, Kathryn E. Shoemaker, Illustrator Holiday House $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0634-0
Mark is out to meet the spring. He loves listening to the birds, casting off his heavy winter woolens in favor of lightweight clothing and hearing the breeze whisper, ""Missed you, Mark, missed you.'' There are new puppies, and the neighbors spruce...
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