Teresa Bateman, illus. by Paul Meisel. Holiday House, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2221-0
The luck o’ the Irish—even if it comes from a begrudging leprechaun—is alive and well in Bateman’s original folktale set on the Emerald Isle. All is pleasant and peaceful in cobbler/leprechaun Brian O’Shea’s underground home, until a man named Sean...
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Teresa Bateman, Author, Kelley Murphy, Illustrator , illus. by Kelly Murphy. Charlesbridge $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-57091-651-9
A greedy leprechaun king gets his comeuppance at the hands of a clever lass in this plucky Irish folktale. Distressed that free-roaming leprechaun luck was being soaked up by all the "big folk" who had arrived in Ireland, the king of the...
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Teresa Bateman, illus. by C.B. Canga, Albert Whitman, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-6367-0
Writing with a folksy cadence, Bateman (Fiona's Luck) introduces Bunyan as a baby who "was no bigger than your average grizzly bear despite what folks say." Dressed in bright red and blue, Bunyan stands out from the landscape for more than just his...
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Teresa Bateman, Author, Greg Spalenka, Illustrator , illus. by Greg Spalenka. Holiday $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1728-5
In contrast to Bateman's light-hearted Keeper of Soles
, this fairy tale comes across as solemn and high-minded. In it, a servant girl helps a unicorn evade slaughter by her former playmate, the duke's son. Newcomer Spalenka's gaudy,...
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Teresa Bateman, Author, Omar Rayyan, Illustrator Holiday House $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1255-6
Like her protagonist, Bateman must have kissed the Blarney Stone ""and caught a bit of it in [her] teeth."" Epitomizing the best of Irish storytelling, this blithe debut pokes fun at its own blustery genre. En route to a lying contest, the peddler...
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Teresa Bateman, Author, Omar Rayyan, Illustrator Holiday House $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1518-2
""Epitomizing the best of Irish storytelling, this blithe debut pokes fun at its own blustery genre,"" said PW. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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There's a wee bit o' Irish magic in this original tale about how people can become blinded by appearances. As a boy, Tom had always dreamed of being a minstrel. He achieved his goal of becoming a talented harp player but did not acquire the
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Teresa Bateman, Author, Nadine Bernard Westcott, Illustrator , illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Albert Whitman $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-2274-5
A boy takes care of a cow that has come down with the flu and suddenly it seems the whole barnyard is under the weather. "This sweetly silly rhyming tale of mounting chaos triggered by good intentions inspires Westcott's menagerie of...
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Teresa Bateman, Author, Nadine Bernard Westcott, Illustrator , illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Albert Whitman $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-0404-8
The pair behind Farm Flu
returns to the barnyard for another heapin' helpin' of monkeyshines. It's April Fool's Day, but who's fooling whom? With tight, energetic couplets, Bateman gives voice to the visiting grandkids (aided...
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Teresa Bateman, Author, Lynne Cravath, Illustrator , illus. by Lynne Cravath. Albert Whitman $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-6626-8
Bateman (Farm Flu) gives this retelling of the 12 dancing princesses a shot of girl-power, despite a rather relentless rhyme scheme. The dozen royal daughters wear out their shoes every night—not because they've been ballroom dancing, but
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Teresa Bateman, Author, Lynne Cravath, Illustrator , illus. by Lynne Cravath. Albert Whitman $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-6628-2
"Bateman gives this retelling of the 12 dancing princesses a shot of girl-power," said PW
. Ages 7-10. (Sept.)
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Teresa Bateman, Author, Rosanne Litzinger, Illustrator Holiday House $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1514-4
A leprechaun tries to repay a favor with gold, but the man won't accept it--until it comes in the form of a woman with hair of gold and a heart to match. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Teresa Bateman, Author, Patience Brewster, Illustrator , illus. by Patience Brewster. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1531-1
Bateman (Leprechaun Gold) and Brewster (Bear and Mrs. Duck) have created a smoothly paced, engaging story of a kindly fisherman and the baby mermaid whom he finds among the fish in his net. While Tarron does backbreaking work on the boat of his...
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Teresa Bateman, Author, Yayo, Illustrator , illus. by Yayo. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1734-6
Colin the cobbler outwits the Grim Reaper in this giggly, clever twist on an old folktale. When the black-robed stranger (who vaguely resembles Edvard Munch's subject in The Scream
) knocks on the door, Colin thinks fast. "Have you ever...
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Teresa Bateman, Author, Jeff Shelly, Illustrator , illus. by Jeff Shelly. Winslow $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-890817-91-6
"The people in Squawk Valley/ were downhearted and depressed./ Thanksgiving was approaching,/ but without its special guest." All the turkeys have fled town except for one fowl named Pete who responds to a ploy—a "model wanted"
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Teresa Bateman, illus. by Stephanie Fizer Coleman. Charlesbridge, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58089-681-8
A class field trip to the local pumpkin patch has an unexpected—and tasty—ending in this seasonal romp. Once their bus unloads at a farm, “Students run and point and call./ It’s turned into a free-for-all!” Their carefully selected squashes loaded...
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