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Snug as a Big Red Bug

By Frank B. Edwards, John Bianchi, illus.

Part of a series of rhyming picture books, these are designed to help four- to six-year-olds learn to read. They certainly do not help them learn about scansion, as most of the rhymes are off ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Nightgown Countdown

By Frank B. Edwards, John Bianchi, illus.

Part of a series of rhyming picture books, these are designed to help four- to six-year-olds learn to read. They certainly do not help them learn about scansion, as most of the rhymes are off ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Lucy Doll

By Diane Jarvis Jones

Lucy, a charmingly photogenic doll, narrates this account of the physical abuse a nine-year-old girl suffers at the hands of mean-spirited children. Jones’s books are consciousness-raising material. This one is endorsed by Meg Hickling, an ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Tangled in the Bay: The Story of a Baby Right Whale

By Deborah Tobin, Jeffrey C. Domm, illus

A whale researcher on a routine mission catches sight of a baby whale tangled in a fishing net in the Bay of Fundy. Special whale rescuers are called in from Cape Cod to free Pasha, ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Barnyard Bestiary

By David Bouchard, Kimball Allen, illus.

The medieval bestiary was an illustrated book that described animals – many of them exotic, some imaginary and fantastic – for an insatiably curious western audience. Bouchard has adapted this concept to present a collection ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Great Poochini

By Gary Clement

The Great Poochini is the story of Signor Poochini, known to his human master as Jack and to the canine opera world as a world-famous lyric tenor. The book begins with Poochini set to star ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Bald-Headed Hermit & the Artichoke: An Erotic Thesaurus

By A.D. Peterkin

Everybody knows the futility of trying to look up a “dirty” word in the dictionary. Even a quite ordinary word such as cunnilingus is not listed in every dictionary – a quick browse through my ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Junk Style

By Melanie Molesworth, Tom Leighton, photog.

I can’t find a word for “fear of antiques,” but I know one must be out there. After years of being told not to sit on a chair, step on a rug, or drink from ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

Flea Market Style: Decorating with a Creative Edge

By Emelie Tolley and Chris Mead

I can’t find a word for “fear of antiques,” but I know one must be out there. After years of being told not to sit on a chair, step on a rug, or drink from ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

Avventura: Journeys in Italian Cooking

In a perfect world, all cookbooks would be as enjoyable on the coffee table as they are on the kitchen counter. As it is, too many cookbooks are either weak on recipes but pretty to ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

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