Janet Stevens, Author, Susan Stevens Crummel, Author , illus. by Janet Stevens. Harcourt $17 (56p) ISBN 978-0-15-204626-2
The Stevens sisters (Cook-a-Doodle-Doo
) prove that there's a lot of mileage to be gained from a wacky premise and some roly-poly prairie dogs. When Violet the pooch accidentally drops a tennis ball into a prairie-dog town, the rodents discover...
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Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel, illus. by Janet Stevens. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-547-32767-9
Sisters and frequent collaborators Stevens and Crummel return to the setting of Tops & Bottoms, Stevens’s 1996 Caldecott Honor Book. Bear is still a magnificent creation, a velvety cantankerous slob with a ramshackle farm and perpetually untied...
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Janet Stevens, Author, Susan Stevens Crummel, Author, Janet Stevens, Illustrator , illus. by Janet Stevens. Harcourt $17 (56p) ISBN 978-0-15-216736-3
This team's (And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon) new fable features a multi-layered story line, kinetic art and a lot of sass. A shambling armadillo in oversize cowboy gear hosts the tale ("Ever seen a jackalope?") and offers down-home
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Janet Stevens, Author, Susan Stevens Crummel, Author, Janet Stevens, Illustrator , illus. by Stevens. Harcourt/Voyager $7 (48p) ISBN 978-0-15-205658-2
"In this boisterous romp, four animal friends set out to bake a strawberry shortcake," said PW
's starred review. "The illustrations are startling in their pop-off-the-page dimensionality." Ages 4-8. (Aug.)
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Janet Stevens, Author, Susan Stevens Crummel, Author, Janet Stevens, Illustrator . l, illus. by Janet Stevens Harcourt $17 (56p) ISBN 978-0-15-204628-6
Every dog has its rough day now and then, which in this high-energy picture book calls for a letter to Mr. Mutt, Canine Counselor. Whether addressing a dog put on a diet by his people, or a pooch who's scolded for barking too much, Mr. Mutt...
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Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel, illus. by Janet Stevens, Harcourt, $16.99 (56p) ISBN 978-0-15-206432-7
Initially echoing the plot of "The Little Red Hen," sisters and longtime collaborators Stevens and Crummel introduce a bespectacled, schoolmarmish red pen with a stack of papers to grade. Her desk-drawer friends, however, refuse to help, even when...
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Susan Stevens Crummel, Author, Janet Stevens, Author, Janet Stevens, Illustrator , illus. by Stevens. Holiday $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1561-8
Plaidypus, a homemade stuffed toy fashioned from Grandpa's old plaid shirt, has a problem: his pigtailed owner can't seem to stop losing him. "I'm sorry, Plaidypus. I'll never, ever, ever, ever lose you again," the girl...
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Susan Stevens Crummel, Author, Dorothy Donohue, Illustrator , illus. by Dorothy Donohue. Cavendish $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5129-7
A lot can happen in 60 minutes, as this slapstick, occasionally hoary tale reveals. Crummel (And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon) rhymes her way through a spin on The House That Jack Built. The madness begins early: "6:00 a.m. This is the mouse
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Susan Stevens Crummel, Author, Dorothy Donohue, Illustrator Marshall Cavendish Children's Books $16.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5246-1
Even with Crummel's (Plaidypus Lost) snappy wordplay and Donohue's (All in One Hour) elaborate collages, this Wild West parody never stirs up much excitement. Bart, the sheriff of Dog City, is all set to retire when word arrives that a ravenous goat
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Susan Stevens Crummel, illus. by Dorothy Donohue. Amazon Children’s Publishing, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7614-6186-9
Donohue’s strikingly dimensional cut-paper collages are the main attraction of this canine detective story from the duo behind Ten-Gallon Bart and its sequels. The basset hound hero (who wears a houndstooth trench coat and hat, natch) is hired to...
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Janet Stevens, Author, Susan Stevens Crummel, Author, Janet Stevens, Illustrator Golden Books $9.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-307-10220-1
The arrival of a big-hearted, dopey golden retriever puppy disrupts a reigning cat's domain in sister collaborators Stevens (Tops & Bottoms) and Crummel's irresistible tale told from the feline's point of view. Merl, a crotchety brown-and-white cat...
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Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel, illus. by Janet Stevens. Clarion, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-358-56188-0
What happens when an irrepressibly good-hearted wolf is born into a lupine family of the big bad variety? Little Good Wolf, his mother says disgustedly, “cleans his room. He brushes his teeth. He even reads bedtime stories by himself!” So his...
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