Suse MacDonald, Little Simon, $11.99 (20p) ISBN 978-1-4169-7154-2
MacDonald's crisp trademark paper collages are the main event, as she uses the sights of the circus to explore the concept of opposites. Readers kick things off by pulling a tab to let 11 clowns "out" of a tiny yellow car. They can also literally...
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Suse MacDonald, Author Dial Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1008-5
Two spider sisters--Arabelle, a super web-spinner, and Kate, somewhat less talented--break free of their humdrum lives in the supply closet at NASA and stow away on an astronaut headed for outer space. Zero gravity impels the siblings out of their...
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Suse MacDonald, Author HarperCollins Publishers $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-13125-8
Caldecott Honor artist MacDonald (Alphabatics) makes hay with an unusual format, using die-cut half pages to deliver a snazzy surprise ending. ``Far away in Africa,'' an inquisitive Maasai girl sets out to see the lion that has been attacking the...
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Suse MacDonald, Author, Bill Oakes, Author, Bill Oakes, Photographer Dial Books $13.89 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0548-7
Dazzling colored shapes animate this counting book created by the author of Alphabatics and newcomer Oakes. Numbers one through 10 appear on the left-hand pages in ascending order, first as numerals and then, on the opposite page, as objects...
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Suse MacDonald, Author, Suse MacDonald, Illustrator . Scholastic/Cartwheel $10.95 (14p) ISBN 978-0-439-45594-7
MacDonald (Look Whooo's Counting
) brings her own farmyard to life in this interactive paper-over-board book. And on her farm she has a chick—in hiding. The title's query repeats on each spread, in bright, bold letters of varied shades
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Suse MacDonald, Author, Suse MacDonald, Illustrator . S&S $14.99 (24p) ISBN 978-1-4169-7147-4
MacDonald (Alphabet Animals
) uses die-cut pages to demonstrate how geometric shapes can build larger, recognizable forms. Against a bright yellow backdrop, two black circles peer back as the text reads, “Do you know what I am? I lived a long,
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Suse MacDonald, Author, Suse MacDonald, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $19.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-02-761520-3
An ""A'' is inverted and its sides plump up. Suddenly, it's an ``Ark,'' floating on the high seas. The ``C'' falls over backwards and becomes the broad grin of a ``Clown.'' When the lowercase ``h'' fills in, the first downstroke becomes a chimney...
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Suse MacDonald, Author, Suse MacDonald, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $8.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-689-71625-6
Each letter metamorphoses into an object in this inventive Caldecott Honor book, which uses bold, splashy artwork in its topsy-turvy teaching. Ages 3-6. (Sept.)
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Suse MacDonald, Author, Suse MacDonald, Illustrator Scholastic $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-68320-3
Young Owl takes a sunset-to-dawn census of her habitat one night--and learns to count in the process. As she enumerates ""1 prairie dog sitting on a hill,"" ""2 mice in the field,"" and so on, something magical happens: the animals and insects bear...
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Suse MacDonald, Author, Bill Oakes, With Dial Books $7.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0689-7
This new work by the renowned artist tells of a young painter's anguish when he is ordered to create false, flattering likenesses by several members of the king's court. Adrian dallies at this task but paints brilliant, inspired portraits of the...
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Suse MacDonald, Author, Bill Oakes, Illustrator Dial Books $12.95 (16p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0785-6
The Numblers and Puzzlers team is back with a challenging new work: a book that, when turned upside down, tells two stories. The familiar fables of ``The Tortoise and the Hare'' and ``The Lion and the Mouse'' are retold here without much alteration.
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