Children's and Teen: 0 - 2 years old

Cover art for AN AUSTRALIAN 1,2,3 OF ANIMALS

CHILDREN'S

Released: April 1, 2009

by Bronwyn Bancroft, illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft

"The author has also created An Australian ABC of Animals (2005). (Picture book. 2-7)"

Using a mixture of techniques from her Aboriginal background and her own artistic creativity, Bancroft entices children to count from one to 15 as they view an array of Australian animals cavorting on brightly colored pages. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: April 1, 2004

SIDEWALK CIRCUS

by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

"A lovely tribute to the endless power of imagination. (Picture book. 2-7)"

The splendor of everyday life is revealed in this quietly exciting wordless offering. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: April 1, 2004

ROOSTER/GALLO

by Jorge Luján, illustrated by Manuel Monroy, translated by Elisa Amado

"The sharp, evocative language should stir children's imaginations as well as pleasing the adults who may be reading to them and who will almost certainly feel that Luján's poem for children is more delightful than many so-called "adult" poems. (Picture book/poetry. 2-4)"

Luján's nine-line poem, ably rendered into English by Amado, is a hymn to the coming and going of the day. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Nov. 1, 1998

IAN PENNEY'S ABC

by Ian Penney, illustrated by Ian Penney

"Elegant and illuminating. (Picture book. 2-5)"

Each page of Penney's alphabet resembles a piece of stained glass, not in the precious sense, but in its composition and light. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Sept. 15, 1998

BABY HIGH, BABY LOW

by Stella Blackstone, illustrated by Denise Fraifeld, Fernando Azevedo

"Energetic and sure to inspire chanting along. (Picture book. 1-3)"

As the title suggests, a threesome of active babies comparable to those in the team's earlier work, Baby Rock, Baby Roll (1997, not reviewed) star in this beginning book of opposites, in which the text fairly sings: "Big, baby, big/Small, baby, small/Short, baby, short/Tall, baby, tall." Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: March 1, 1998

JUMP!

by Steve Lavis, illustrated by Steve Lavis

"The frog offers minor funny asides on every page of this amiable outing, further buoyed by Lavis's carefree watercolors. (Picture book. 2-6)"

Lavis (Cock-A-Doodle-Doo, 1997) brings readers into the fray from the outset: ``Tiger jumping, frog jumping, let's jump too.'' A boy and his teddy bear and their frog companion visit and step out with a number of animals. Read full book review >

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