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MoSS, MIRIAM
DON’T FORGET I LOVE YOU
Illustrated by Anna Currey
“one crazy weekday morning, billy
and his mama get a late start that sets in
motion a series of events familiar to any
family trying to balance hectic schedules
with loving, familial interactions. Moss
weaves a note of modern-day authenticity
into the story as a late-for-work
mother bear unsuccessfully tries to hurry
her dawdling cub.’’ —Booklist
Rec: BL, K, SLJH
10 x 10 32 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240548-2 $5.99
MURPHY, JILL
FIVE MINUTES’ PEACE
All Mrs. Large wants is five minutes’
peace from her energetic children, but
chaos follows her all the way from the
kitchen to the bath and back again.
“A hearty chuckle can be experienced
during a shared reading time between a
mother and her children—perhaps eliciting
a bit of understanding.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BL, C, E, NYT, PW, SLJ
7 1/2 x 9 32 pp. 1999
978-0-698-11787-7 $6.99
PEACE AT LAST
bedtime is just the beginning of Mr.
bear’s struggles in this cozy late-night
tale. “A good bedtime read-aloud....
Rich, warm illustrations create a properly
somnambulant mood.’’
Rec: BLH, C, CR, IN, PW, R, SLJ, TE, W
—BooklistH
8 3/8 x 10 1/2 32 pp. 1982
978-0-14-054685-9 $6.99
PoTTeR, beATRIX
THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF
PETER RABBIT
beatrix Potter’s four stories that feature
Peter Rabbit are brought together in
one volume, so that Peter’s escapades
can be read as a continuous saga.
10 1/4 x 11 80 pp. 1984
978-0-14-050444-6 $7.99
10
THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
“As he has done before, Hague lends his
own style to a classic title in the canon of
children’s literature. enlarging the original
size of Potter’s book and decreasing
the length to standard picture-book size,
he brings the famous story to a new
audience.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, SLJ
10 1/4 x 11 32 pp. 1992
978-0-14-054295-0 $3.99
RATHMAnn, PeGGY
10 MINUTES TILL BEDTIME
“Caldecott Medalist Rathmann builds
a captivating series of mini-plots from
a basic countdown premise with few
words and abundant action. A child…
plays with an energetic hamster family
with just 10 minutes to go before she’s
tucked into bed…every engrossing illustration
provides an exercise in numerals
and Where’s Waldo?-style concentration…”
—Publishers Weekly
Rec: BL, K, PW
9 3/8 x 11 48 pp. 2004
978-0-14-240024-1 $6.99
GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA
“In a book economical in text and
simple in illustrations, the many amusing,
small details—the matching animal
toys in the cages, the mouse who follows
Gorilla dragging a banana on string, and
the houses with surprised looks—as well
as the tranquil tone of the story make
this an outstanding picture book.”
—The Horn Book
Rec: BKL, BL, C, H, KH, SLJ, TK
8 1/2 x 7 40 pp. 2000
978-0-698-11649-8 $5.99
See index for more titles by Peggy Rathmann.
SHAPIRo, ARnoLD L.
MICE SQUEAK, WE SPEAK
Illustrated by Tomie dePaola
Three children describe a menagerie
of animals and the sounds they make.
This is a perfect read-along book for
the younger set. “DePaola’s exuberant
illustrations in his best folk-art style will
have kids joining in and shouting out the
words.” —BooklistH
Rec: BLH, MBP, RT, SLJ
8 x 10 32 pp. 2000
978-0-698-11873-7 $5.99
See index for more titles by Tomie dePaola.
STICkLAnD,
PAUL & HenRIeTTA
DINOSAUR ROAR!
Dinosaurs of every size, shape and color
fill this book. “These prehistoric monsters
are just perfect for the preshcool
crowd. A natural for story time.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BKL, HG, RT
11 x 8 7/8 32 pp. 2001
978-0-14-056808-0 $6.99
See index for more titles by Paul & Henrietta Stickland.
STICkLAnD, PAUL
TEN TERRIBLE DINOSAURS
“In this countdown concept book,
whimsically drawn dinosaurs engage in
childlike activities as they push and shove
one another, dance, throw tomatoes,
stomp on the floor, swing from a tree,
and so on. The rhyming text is lively to
read aloud and young children will enjoy
the boisterous characters.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: SLJ
11 3/4 x 8 1/4 48 pp. 2000
978-0-14-056770-0 $7.99
SToeke, JAneT MoRGAn
A HAT FOR MINERVA LOUISE
“Here, the intrepid Minerva Louise
ventures out of the hen house on a crisp
winter morning....The search for suitable
gear leads to several amusing cases of
mistaken identity, until a pair of mittens
is put to an ingenious use....Hats off!”
—Publishers Weekly
Rec: AN, HH, PW, SLJ
10 x 8 24 pp. 1997
978-0-14-055666-7 $5.99
See index for more titles by Janet Morgan Stoeke.