Dianna Hutts Aston, illus. by Sylvia Long. Chronicle, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4521-2712-5
Aston and Long follow A Butterfly Is Patient and other collaborations with a poetic examination of the vast insect order of beetles. As in the previous books, brief phrases (“A beetle is kaleidoscopic,” “A beetle is colossal”) introduce various...
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Sylvia Long, Author Chronicle Books $12.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8118-1416-4
In her reworking of the classic lullaby, Long intentionally de-emphasizes the materialism of the original, making no promises of such grand gifts as a diamond ring or horse and cart. Rather, this Mama character--one of Long's (illustrator of Ten...
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Sylvia Long, Author Chronicle Books $6.95 (26p) ISBN 978-0-8118-2290-9
When Sylvia Long's Hush Little Baby appeared in 1997, PW said that the artist's interpretation of the traditional lullaby ""blends images of nature with timelessly reassuring items.""
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Sylvia Long, Author, Sylvia Long, Illustrator . Chronicle $17.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8118-5522-8
In Long's faithful retelling of Ander-sen's tale, the tiny Thumbelina is courted by a succession of appalling suitors—a toad, a beetle, and a pompous mole—but escapes a life of misery with the help of a swallow whose life she...
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Sylvia Long, Author, Sylvia Long, Illustrator Chronicle Books $22.99 (109p) ISBN 978-0-8118-2088-2
In a thoughtful opening note, Long (Liplap's Wish) explains that she saw no point in creating a new Mother Goose collection ""unless I could find ways to make it unique."" She fulfills her mission in various ways: she includes a number of lesser-know
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Sylvia Long, Author, Chronicle Books, Author Chronicle Books $8.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8118-1643-4
In her reworking of the classic lullaby, Long intentionally de-emphasizes the materialism of the original, making no promises of such grand gifts as a diamond ring or horse and cart. Rather, this Mama character--one of Long's (illustrator of Ten...
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Sylvia Long, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Sylvia Long, Illustrator Chronicle Books $24.95 (12p) ISBN 978-0-8118-3574-9
Chronicle continues its line of successful Block Books with a set based on Sylvia Long's Mother Goose. Sylvia Long's Mother Goose Block Books contains 16 chunky board books just right for small hands to stack, knock down and read repeatedly, all
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Sylvia Long, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Sylvia Long, Illustrator Chronicle Books $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8118-1792-9
In her reworking of the classic lullaby, Long intentionally de-emphasizes the materialism of the original, making no promises of such grand gifts as a diamond ring or horse and cart. Rather, this Mama character-one of Long's (illustrator of Ten...
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Jane Taylor, Author, Sylvia Long, Author Chronicle Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8118-2854-3
Youngsters well know the opening lines of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Sylvia Long revisits the classic and includes the traditional verses ""When the blazing sun is gone,/ When he nothing shines upon,/ Then you show/ your little light,/ ...
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